Pungent vs Searching - What's the difference?
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Having a strong odor that stings the nose, said especially of acidic or spicy substances.
* 1991 , , Concrete: American Christmas , Dark Horse Books
Having a strong taste that stings the tongue, said especially of hot (spicy) food, which has a strong and sharp or bitter taste.
Stinging; acerbic.
Having a sharp and stiff point.
search; hunt
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As adjectives the difference between pungent and searching
is that pungent is having a strong odor that stings the nose, said especially of acidic or spicy substances while searching is thorough.As a verb searching is
present participle of lang=en.As a noun searching is
search; hunt.pungent
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Adjective
(en adjective)- The lasagne included plenty of pungent garlic.
- I can almost smell the fir scent… resinous, pungent .
- The critic gave a pungent review.
Derived terms
* pungence * pungentlysearching
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