Sharpness vs Headedness - What's the difference?
sharpness | headedness |
(uncountable) the cutting ability of an edge; keenness
(uncountable) the fineness of the point a pointed object
(countable) The product or result of being sharp.
(of food etc) pungency or acidity
(of an image) distinctness, focus
(of intelligence) acuteness or acuity
*{{quote-news
, year=2012
, date=June 19
, author=Phil McNulty
, title=England 1-0 Ukraine
, work=BBC Sport
(obsolete) edge or blade
*{{quote-book
, year=1760
, author=John Marchant, Gent. Mr. Gordon, Daniel Bellamy, and others.
, title=A New Complete English Dictionary...
*{{quote-book
, year=ca. 1395
, author=John Wycliffe et al.
, title=Joshua 6:21
The state or quality of having a particular type of head.
* 2005 February, Roumyana Pancheva, "The Rise and Fall of Second-Position Clitics", in Natural Language & Linguistic Theory , Volume 23, Number 1,
As nouns the difference between sharpness and headedness
is that sharpness is the cutting ability of an edge; keenness while headedness is the state or quality of having a particular type of head.As a proper noun Sharpness
is an inland port in Gloucestershire.sharpness
English
Noun
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citation, passage=CUT-WATER, or KNEE OF THE HEAD [S.] the ?harpne?s of the head of the ?hip, below the beak;}}
citation, passage=also thei smytiden bi the scharpnesse of swerd, oxun, and scheep, and assis.}}
Synonyms
* (cutting ability of an edge) keenness * (fineness of a point) * acidity, acridity, piquancy, pungency, sourness * (of an image) clarity, distinctness, focus * (of intelligence) acuteness, acuitySee also
* (of an image) (l)headedness
English
Noun
(-)page 103:
- An analysis of the historical change that led to the development of second-position clitics in Old Bulgarian is proposed that implicates a switch in the parameter of headedness of TP.