Sharp vs Snipe - What's the difference?
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Able to cut easily.
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*: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.
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Terminating in a point or edge; not obtuse or rounded.
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(lb) Higher than usual by one semitone (denoted by the symbol after the name of the note).
(lb) Higher in pitch than required.
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Having an intense, acrid flavour.''
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Sudden and intense.
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*: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.
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(lb) Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interests; shrewd.
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*(Jonathan Swift) (1667–1745)
*:the necessity of being so sharp and exacting
Exact, precise, accurate; keen.
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(lb) Stylish or attractive.
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Observant; alert; acute.
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Forming a small angle; forming an angle of less than ninety degrees.
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*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.
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Said of as extreme a value as possible.
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(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.
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*(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.
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(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.
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Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone; aspirated; unvoiced.
To a point or edge; piercingly; eagerly; sharply.
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(notcomp) Exactly.
(music) In a higher pitch than is correct or desirable.
(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.
(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.
(music) The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic.
(usually, in the plural) Something that is sharp.
A sharp tool or weapon.
* Collier
(medicine) A hypodermic syringe.
(medicine, dated) A scalpel or other edged instrument used in surgery.
A dishonest person; a cheater.
Part of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.
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
(music) To raise the pitch of a note half a step making a natural note a sharp.
To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper.
Any of various limicoline game birds of the genera ''Gallinago'', ''Lymnocryptes'' and ''Coenocorypha in the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.
A fool; a blockhead.
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A shot fired from a concealed place.
(naval slang) A member of the engineering department on a ship.
(lb) To hunt snipe.
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(lb) To shoot at individuals from a concealed place.
(lb) (by extension) To shoot with a sniper rifle.
(lb) To watch a timed online auction and place a winning bid at the last possible moment.
(slang) A cigarette butt.
An animated promotional logo during a television show.
A strip of copy announcing some late breaking news or item of interest, typically placed in a print advertisement in such a way that it stands out from the ad.
A bottle of wine measuring 0.1875 liters, one fourth the volume of a standard bottle; a quarter bottle or piccolo.
(lb) To make malicious, underhand remarks or attacks.
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As a proper noun sharp
is .As a noun snipe is
any of various limicoline game birds of the genera ''gallinago'', ''lymnocryptes'' and ''coenocorypha in the family scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak or snipe can be (slang) a cigarette butt or snipe can be a sharp, clever answer; sarcasm.As a verb snipe is
(lb) to hunt snipe or snipe can be (lb) to make malicious, underhand remarks or attacks.sharp
English
Adjective
(er)citation
Catherine Clabby
Focus on Everything, passage=Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus.
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-eyedAntonyms
* (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) unobservantDerived terms
* not the sharpest knife in the drawer * sharpish * sharply * sharp-wittedAdverb
(er)- You bite so sharp at reasons.
- I'll see you at twelve o'clock sharp .
- 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), preciselyNoun
(en noun)- 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.
- The piece was difficult to read after it had been transposed, since in the new key many notes were sharps .
- Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" is written in C? minor (C sharp minor.)
- Place sharps in the specially marked red container for safe disposal.
- If butchers had but the manners to go to sharps , gentlemen would be contented with a rubber at cuffs.
- The casino kept in the break room a set of pictures of known sharps for the bouncers to see.
- (Charles Kingsley)
- 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 sharpSee also
* (music) accidental, flat, natural *Verb
(en verb)- That new musician must be tone deaf: he sharped half the notes of the song!
Anagrams
* harps 1000 English basic wordssnipe
English
(wikipedia snipe)Etymology 1
(etyl) "type of bird", from (etyl) The verb originated in the 1770s among soldiers in British India where a hunter skilled enough to kill the elusive snipe'' was dubbed a "sniper". The term ''sniper was first attested in 1824 in the sense of the word "sharpshooter".'>citationNoun
(en noun)Derived terms
* snipebill * snipefish * snipe hunt * snipelikeSee also
* snipe huntVerb
Derived terms
* sniperEtymology 2
Probably from or a cognateNoun
(en noun)Etymology 3
Either from (m) or a figurative development from Etymology 1Verb
(en-verb)British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party," New York Times (retrieved 29 May 2013):
- Capitalizing on the restive mood, Mr. Farage, the U.K. Independence Party leader, took out an advertisement in The Daily Telegraph this week inviting unhappy Tories to defect. In it Mr. Farage sniped that the Cameron government — made up disproportionately of career politicians who graduated from Eton and Oxbridge — was “run by a bunch of college kids, none of whom have ever had a proper job in their lives.”