Tart vs Poignant - What's the difference?
tart | poignant | Related terms |
Sharp to the taste; acid; sour.
(of wine) high or too high in acidity.
(figuratively) Sharp; keen; severe.
A type of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie.
(British, slang) A prostitute.
(British, slang, derogatory) By extension, any woman with loose sexual morals.
To practice prostitution
To practice promiscuous sex
To dress garishly, ostentatiously, whorish,or slutty
(obsolete, of a weapon etc) Sharp-pointed; keen.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , VII:
Incisive; penetrating.
neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant.
Evoking strong mental sensation, to the point of distress; emotionally moving.
(figuratively, of a taste or smell) Piquant, pungent.
Piercing.
(dated, mostly British) Inducing sharp physical pain.
Tart is a related term of poignant.
As adjectives the difference between tart and poignant
is that tart is sharp to the taste; acid; sour while poignant is (obsolete|of a weapon etc) sharp-pointed; keen.As a noun tart
is a type of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie or tart can be (british|slang) a prostitute.As a verb tart
is to practice prostitution.tart
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) tart, from (etyl) .Adjective
(er)- I ate a very tart apple.
- He gave me a very tart reply.
Derived terms
* tartnessSynonyms
* greenEtymology 2
(etyl) . Cognate to (m).Noun
(en noun) (wikipedia tart)Derived terms
* treacle tartEtymology 3
From by shorteningNoun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (prostitute) See also * (prostitute) See alsoVerb
(en verb)Derived terms
* egg tart * pop tart (slang) * tart upAnagrams
* English terms with multiple etymologies ----poignant
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- His siluer shield, now idle maisterlesse; / His poynant speare, that many made to bleed [...].
- His comments were poignant and witty.
- A poignant reply will garner more credence than hours of blown smoke.
- Flipping through his high school yearbook evoked many a poignant memory of yesteryear.