Sharp vs Shape - What's the difference?

In obsolete terms the difference between sharp and shape

is that sharp is fierce; ardent; fiery; violent; impetuous while shape is to imagine; to conceive.

As nouns the difference between sharp and shape

is that sharp is the symbol ♯, placed after the name of a note in the key signature or before a note on the staff to indicate that the note is to be played a semitone higher while shape is the status or condition of something.

As verbs the difference between sharp and shape

is that sharp is to raise the pitch of a note half a step making a natural note a sharp while shape is to give something a shape and definition.

As an adjective sharp

is able to cut easily.

As an adverb sharp

is to a point or edge; piercingly; eagerly; sharply.

As a proper noun Sharp

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sharp

English

Adjective

(er)

Able to cut easily.

*:Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.

(lb) Intelligent.

* {{quote-news, author=(Jesse Jackson), title=In the Ferguson era, Malcolm X’s courage in fighting racism inspires more than ever, work=(The Guardian) (London), date=20 February 2015 citation

, passage=At school, despite his sharp mind, Malcolm was laughed at by teachers when he said he wanted to be a lawyer. }}

Terminating in a point or edge; not obtuse or rounded.

(lb) Higher than usual by one semitone (denoted by the symbol after the name of the note).

(lb) Higher in pitch than required.

Having an intense, acrid flavour.''

Sudden and intense.

*:She wakened in sharp panic, bewildered by the grotesquerie of some half-remembered dream in contrast with the harshness of inclement fact.

(lb) Illegal or dishonest.

(lb) Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interests; shrewd.

*(Jonathan Swift) (1667–1745)

*:the necessity of being so sharp and exacting

Exact, precise, accurate; keen.

*{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Catherine Clabby

, magazine=(American Scientist), title= Focus on Everything , passage=Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus.

Offensive, critical, or acrimonious.

(lb) Stylish or attractive.

Observant; alert; acute.

Forming a small angle; forming an angle of less than ninety degrees.

*1900 , , (The House Behind the Cedars) , Chapter I,

*:The street down which Warwick had come intersected Front Street at a sharp angle in front of the old hotel, forming a sort of flatiron block at the junction, known as Liberty Point

Steep; precipitous; abrupt.

Said of as extreme a value as possible.

(lb) Tactical; risky.

*1963 , Max Euwe, Chess Master Vs. Chess Amateur (page xviii)

*:Time and time again, the amateur player has lost the opportunity to make the really best move because he felt bound to follow some chess "rule" he had learned, rather than to make the sharp move which was indicated by the position.

*1975 , Lud?k Pachman, Decisive Games in Chess History (page 64)

*:In such situations most chess players choose the ohvious and logical way: they go in for sharp play. However, not everyone is a natural attacking player

Piercing; keen; severe; painful.

*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

*:Sharp misery had worn him to the bones.

*(William Cowper) (1731-1800)

*:the morning sharp and clear

*(John Keble) (1792-1866)

*:in sharpest perils faithful proved

Eager or keen in pursuit; impatient for gratification.

(lb) Fierce; ardent; fiery; violent; impetuous.

*(John Milton) (1608-1674)

*:in sharp contest of battle

*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)

*:A sharp assault already is begun.

Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty.

:(Edward Moxon)

Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone; aspirated; unvoiced.

Synonyms

* (able to cut easily) keen, razor, razor-sharp * (intelligent) brainy, bright, intelligent, keen, smart, witty * (able to pierce easily) pointed * (having an intense and acrid flavour) acrid, pungent * (sudden and intense) abrupt, acute, stabbing * dishonest, dodgy, illegal, illicit, underhand * (accurate) accurate, exact, keen, precise * (critical) acrimonious, bitter, cutting, harsh, hostile, nasty * chic, elegant, smart, stylish * (observant) acute, alert, keen, observant, sharp-eyed

Antonyms

* (able to cut easily) blunt, dull * (intelligent) dim, dim-witted, slow, slow-witted, thick * (able to pierce easily) blunt * (higher than usual by one semitone) flat * flat * (having an intense and acrid flavour) bland, insipid, tasteless * (sudden and intense) dull * above-board, honest, legit, legitimate, reputable * (accurate) inaccurate, imprecise * (critical) complimentary, flattering, friendly, kind, nice * inelegant, scruffy, shabby * (observant) unobservant

Derived terms

* not the sharpest knife in the drawer * sharpish * sharply * sharp-witted

Adverb

(er)

To a point or edge; piercingly; eagerly; sharply.

* Shakespeare

You bite so sharp at reasons.

(notcomp) Exactly.

I'll see you at twelve o'clock sharp .

(music) In a higher pitch than is correct or desirable.

I didn't enjoy the concert much because the tenor kept going sharp on the high notes.

Synonyms

* (exactly) exactly, on the dot (of time), precisely

Noun

(en noun)

(music) The symbol ?, placed after the name of a note in the key signature or before a note on the staff to indicate that the note is to be played a semitone higher.

The pitch pipe sounded out a perfect F? (F sharp).

''Transposition frequently is harder to read because of all the sharps and flats on the staff.

(music) A note that is played a semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ?.

(music) A note that is sharp in a particular key.

The piece was difficult to read after it had been transposed, since in the new key many notes were sharps .

(music) The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic.

Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" is written in C? minor (C sharp minor.)

(usually, in the plural) Something that is sharp.

Place sharps in the specially marked red container for safe disposal.

A sharp tool or weapon.

* Collier

If butchers had but the manners to go to sharps , gentlemen would be contented with a rubber at cuffs.

(medicine) A hypodermic syringe.

(medicine, dated) A scalpel or other edged instrument used in surgery.

A dishonest person; a cheater.

The casino kept in the break room a set of pictures of known sharps for the bouncers to see.

Part of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.

(Charles Kingsley)

A sewing needle with a very slender point, more pointed than a blunt or a between.

(in the plural) middlings

(slang, dated) An expert.

A sharpie (member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s).

* 2006 , Iain McIntyre, Tomorrow Is Today: Australia in the Psychedelic Era, 1966-1970

The Circle was one of the few dances the older sharps frequented; mostly they were to be found in pubs, pool-halls or at the track.

Derived terms

* card sharp * double sharp

Verb

(en verb)

(music) To raise the pitch of a note half a step making a natural note a sharp.

That new musician must be tone deaf: he sharped half the notes of the song!

To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper.

(rfquotek, L'Estrange)

Anagrams

* harps 1000 English basic words

shape

English

Noun

(en noun)

The status or condition of something

The used bookshop wouldn't offer much due to the poor shape of the book.

Condition of personal health, especially muscular health.

The vet checked to see what kind of shape the animal was in.

We exercise to keep in good physical shape .

The appearance of something, especially its outline.

He cut a square shape out of the cake.

A figure with unspecified appearance; especially a geometric figure.

What shape shall we use for the cookies? Stars, circles, or diamonds?

Form; formation.

* 2006 , Berdj Kenadjian, Martin Zakarian, From Darkness to Light :

What if God's plans and actions do mold the shape of human events?

(iron manufacture) A rolled or hammered piece, such as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section different from merchant bar.

(iron manufacture) A piece which has been roughly forged nearly to the form it will receive when completely forged or fitted.

A mould for making jelly, blancmange etc., or a piece of such food formed moulded into a particular shape.

*1918 , (Rebecca West), The Return of the Soldier , Virago 2014, p. 74:

*:‘And if I'm late for supper there's a dish of macaroni cheese you must put in the oven and a tin of tomatoes to eat with it. And there's a little rhubarb and shape .’

Hyponyms

* See also

Derived terms

* contest shape * * in no shape to * * in shape * out of shape * shapeless * shapely * shapesmith * shape-shifter * shape-shifting * shipshape * take shape * the shape of things to come * whip into shape

Verb

To give something a shape and definition.

* 1932 , The American Scholar , page 227, United Chapters of Phi Beta Kappa

The professor never pretended to the academic prerogative of forcing his students into his own channels of reasoning; he entered into and helped shape the discussion but above all he made his men learn to think for themselves and rely upon their own intellectual judgments.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-03, volume=408, issue=8847, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Revenge of the nerds , passage=Think of banking today and the image is of grey-suited men in towering skyscrapers. Its future, however, is being shaped in converted warehouses and funky offices in San Francisco, New York and London, where bright young things in jeans and T-shirts huddle around laptops, sipping lattes or munching on free food.}}

To form or manipulate something into a certain shape.

* Prior

Grace shaped her limbs, and beauty decked her face.

* {{quote-news, year=2010, date=December 29, author=Mark Vesty, work=BBC

, title= Wigan 2-2 Arsenal , passage=Bendtner's goal-bound shot was well saved by goalkeeper Ali Al Habsi but fell to Arsahvin on the edge of the area and the Russian swivelled, shaped his body and angled a sumptuous volley into the corner. }}

(of a country, person, etc) To give influence to.

To suit; to be adjusted or conformable.

(Shakespeare)

(obsolete) To imagine; to conceive.

* Shakespeare

Oft my jealousy / Shapes faults that are not.

Synonyms

* (give shape) form, mold

Derived terms

* beshape * foreshape * forshape * misshape * overshape * shape up

Anagrams

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