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Sarcastic vs Barbative - What's the difference?

sarcastic | barbative |

As adjectives the difference between sarcastic and barbative

is that sarcastic is containing sarcasm while barbative is harshly critical or blunt; sarcastic.

sarcastic

English

Alternative forms

* sarcastick (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Containing sarcasm.
  • (of a person) Having the personality trait of expressing sarcasm.
  • * 1912 ,
    • Her eyes slanted a little... and were sometimes full of fiery determination and sometimes dull and opaque. Her expression was never altogether amiable; was often, indeed, distinctly sullen, or, when she was animated, sarcastic .

    Synonyms

    * sarky (British) * snarky

    Derived terms

    * sarky

    See also

    * ironic * sardonic * snide

    References

    * * * " sarcastic" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007) * * Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary (1987-1996) ----

    barbative

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Harshly critical or blunt; sarcastic.
  • * 2002 , , The October Horse , Simon and Schuster (2002), ISBN 9780743214698, pages 580-581:
    • Most of the time he lay among the shadows, left the conversation to his elders. Except for those sudden, uncannily prescient, occasionally barbative , remarks. Uttered quietly but firmly.