Spike vs Sharp - What's the difference?
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An ear of corn or grain.
# (botany) A kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.
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Something pointed or sharp.
# A sort of very large nail; anything resembling such a nail in shape.
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# The long, narrow part of a woman's high-heeled shoe that elevates the heel.
# A sharp peak in a graph.
# a surge in power.
# (informal) In spikes : running shoes with spikes in the soles.
# (volleyball) An attack from, usually, above the height of the net performed with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.
(zoology) An adolescent male deer.
(slang) The casual ward of a workhouse.
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To fix on a spike; to pierce or run through with a spike.
# To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails.
# To set or furnish with spikes.
# (military) To render (a gun) unusable by driving a metal spike into its touch hole.
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#* 1990 , (Peter Hopkirk), The Great Game , Folio Society 2010, p. 235-6:
# (journalism) To decide not to publish or make public. (From the former practice of newspaper editors impaling sheets of typewritten articles not selected for publication on a metal spike or spindle placed on their desks: see 2010 quotation.)
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# (American football) To slam a football to the ground, usually in celebration of scoring a touchdown, or to stop expiring time on the game clock after snapping the ball as to save time for the losing team to attempt to score the tying or winning points.
# (volleyball) To attack from, usually, above the height of the net with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.
To increase sharply.
To add a small amount of one substance to another.
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# (specifically) To covertly put alcohol or another intoxicating substance into food or drink.
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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* {{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
, 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.
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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.
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(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.
As proper nouns the difference between spike and sharp
is that spike is while sharp is .spike
English
Noun
(en noun)- oil of spike
- He wears on his head the corona radiata ; the spikes that shoot out represent the rays of the sun.
- "Dere's tay spikes', and cocoa '''spikes''', and skilly ' spikes ."
Synonyms
* catkin, raceme, cluster, corymb, umbelDerived terms
{{der3, marlinspike , spike addition}}Verb
(spik)- to spike down planks
- (Young)
- He jumped down, wrenched the hammer from the armourer’s hand, and seizing a nail from the bag, in a few moments he had spiked the gun.
- Small skirmishes also took place, and the Afghans managed to seize a pair of mule-guns and force the British to spike and abandon two other precious guns.
- Traffic accidents spiked in December when there was ice on the roads.
- The water sample to be tested has been spiked with arsenic, antimony, mercury, and lead in quantities commonly found in industrial effluents.
- She spiked my lemonade with vodka!
Derived terms
* spike someone's gunsSynonyms
* (volleyball): attack, hitAnagrams
* * * English terms with multiple etymologiessharp
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!