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Trenchant vs Trenchancy - What's the difference?

trenchant | trenchancy |

As an adjective trenchant

is (obsolete) fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp.

As a noun trenchancy is

the quality of being trenchant.

trenchant

English

Alternative forms

* trenchaunt (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp.
  • *1663 ,
  • *:The trenchant blade, Toledo trusty, / For want of fighting was grown rusty, / And ate into itself, for lack / Of somebody to hew and hack.
  • (figuratively) Keen]]; [[bite, biting; vigorously effective and articulate; severe; as, trenchant wit.
  • *1899 ,
  • *:His eyes, of the usual blue, were perhaps remarkably cold, and he certainly could make his glance fall on one as trenchant and heavy as an axe.

    • trenchancy

    English

    Noun

    (trenchancies)
  • the quality of being trenchant
  • irony or bitterness of tone