Blunt vs. Joint — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Blunt and Joint
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Blunt
Having a dull edge or end; not sharp.
Joint
A joint or articulation (or articular surface) is the connection made between bones in the body which link the skeletal system into a functional whole. They are constructed to allow for different degrees and types of movement.
Blunt
Abrupt and often disconcertingly frank in speech
"People [in the Western US] are blunt with one another, sometimes even cruel, believing honesty is stronger medicine than sympathy" (Gretel Ehrlich).
Joint
A place or part at which two or more things are joined.
Blunt
Stark; unadorned
"The blunt truth ... is that he is devoid of political courage" (Jeff Jacoby).
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Joint
A way in which two or more things are joined
A mortise-and-tenon joint.
Blunt
Slow to perceive, understand, or feel; dull or insensitive
"I felt blunt with shock when I heard the news" (Sallie Bingham).
Joint
A point of articulation between two or more bones, especially such a connection that allows motion.
Blunt
To dull the edge of (a knife, for example).
Joint
A point in the exoskeleton of an invertebrate at which movable parts join, as along the leg of an arthropod.
Blunt
To make less effective; weaken
Blunting the criticism with a smile.
Joint
(Botany) An articulation on a fruit or stem, such as the node of a grass stem.
Blunt
To become blunt
When the scraper blade blunts, you will have to replace it.
Joint
(Geology) A fracture or crack in a rock mass along which no appreciable movement has occurred.
Blunt
A cigar whose interior has been hollowed out and filled with marijuana.
Joint
A large cut of meat for roasting.
Blunt
A marijuana cigarette that has been rolled in a cigar's tobacco leaf wrapper instead of rolling paper.
Joint
A cheap or disreputable gathering place
"The tavern is ... just a joint with Formica tables, a vinyl floor, lights over the mirrors" (Scott Turow).
Blunt
Having a thick edge or point; not sharp.
Joint
A building or dwelling.
Blunt
Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; opposed to acute.
Joint
A prison. Often used with the.
Blunt
Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.
The blunt admission that he had never liked my company.
Joint
(Slang) A marijuana cigarette.
Blunt
Hard to impress or penetrate.
Joint
Vulgar Slang A penis.
Blunt
Slow or deficient in feeling: insensitive.
Joint
Shared by or common to two or more
Our joint presence.
A joint income-tax return.
Blunt
A fencer's practice foil with a soft tip.
Joint
Sharing with another or others
A joint tenant.
Blunt
A short needle with a strong point.
Joint
Formed or characterized by cooperation or united action
Joint military maneuvers.
Blunt
A marijuana cigar.
Joint
Involving both houses of a legislature
A joint session of Congress.
Blunt
Money
Joint
(Law) Regarded as one, especially with regard to tort liability or interest in property.
Blunt
A playboating move resembling a cartwheel performed on a wave.
Joint
(Mathematics) Involving two or more variables.
Blunt
To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.
Joint
To combine or attach with a joint or joints
Securely jointed the sides of the drawer.
Blunt
(figuratively) To repress or weaken; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of
It blunted my appetite.
My feeling towards her have been blunted.
Joint
To provide or construct with joints
Joint a boom on a crane.
Blunt
Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; not sharp.
The murderous knife was dull and blunt.
Joint
To separate (meat) at the joints.
Blunt
Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; stupid; - opposed to acute.
His wits are not so blunt.
Joint
Done by two or more people or organisations working together.
The play was a joint production between the two companies.
Blunt
Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.
Joint
The point where two components of a structure join, but are still able to rotate.
This rod is free to swing at the joint with the platform.
Blunt
Hard to impress or penetrate.
I find my heart hardened and blunt to new impressions.
Joint
The point where two components of a structure join rigidly.
The water is leaking out of the joint between the two pipes.
Blunt
To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.
Joint
(anatomy) Any part of the body where two bones join, in most cases allowing that part of the body to be bent or straightened.
Blunt
To repress or weaken, as any appetite, desire, or power of the mind; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of; as, to blunt the feelings.
Joint
The means of securing together the meeting surfaces of components of a structure.
The dovetail joint, while more difficult to make, is also quite strong.
Blunt
A fencer's foil.
Joint
A cut of meat, especially (but not necessarily) (a) one containing a joint in the sense of an articulation or (b) one rolled up and tied.
Set the joint in a roasting tin and roast for the calculated cooking time.
Blunt
A short needle with a strong point. See Needle.
Joint
The part or space included between two joints, knots, nodes, or articulations.
A joint of cane or of a grass stem; a joint of the leg
Blunt
Money.
Joint
(geology) A fracture in which the strata are not offset; a geologic joint.
Blunt
Make less intense;
Blunted emotions
Joint
A place of business, particularly in the food service or hospitality industries.
It was the kind of joint you wouldn't want your boss to see you in.
Blunt
Make numb or insensitive;
The shock numbed her senses
Joint
A place of resort for tramps.
Blunt
Make dull or blunt;
Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge
Joint
An opium den.
Blunt
Make less sharp;
Blunt the knives
Joint
Prison.
I'm just trying to stay out of the joint.
Blunt
Make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation;
Terror blunted her feelings
Deaden a sound
Joint
(slang) A marijuana cigarette.
After locking the door and closing the shades, they lit the joint.
Blunt
Having a broad or rounded end;
Thick marks made by a blunt pencil
Joint
A syringe used to inject an illicit drug.
Blunt
Used of a knife or other blade; not sharp;
A blunt instrument
Joint
The penis.
Blunt
Characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion;
Blunt talking and straight shooting
A blunt New England farmer
I gave them my candid opinion
Forthright criticism
A forthright approach to the problem
Tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank
It is possible to be outspoken without being rude
Plainspoken and to the point
A point-blank accusation
Joint
Sense}} A thing.
A Spike Lee joint
Blunt
Devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment;
The blunt truth
The crude facts
Facing the stark reality of the deadline
Joint
(transitive) To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together
To joint boards
A jointing plane
Joint
(transitive) To join; to connect; to unite; to combine.
Joint
(transitive) To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate.
Joint
(transitive) To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat.
Joint
(intransitive) To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do.
The stones joint, neatly.
Joint
The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a close-fitting or junction; junction; as, a joint between two pieces of timber; a joint in a pipe.
Joint
A joining of two things or parts so as to admit of motion; an articulation, whether movable or not; a hinge; as, the knee joint; a node or joint of a stem; a ball and socket joint. See Articulation.
A scaly gauntlet now, with joints of steel,Must glove this hand.
To tear thee joint by joint.
Joint
The part or space included between two joints, knots, nodes, or articulations; as, a joint of cane or of a grass stem; a joint of the leg.
Joint
Any one of the large pieces of meat, as cut into portions by the butcher for roasting.
Joint
A plane of fracture, or divisional plane, of a rock transverse to the stratification.
Joint
The space between the adjacent surfaces of two bodies joined and held together, as by means of cement, mortar, etc.; as, a thin joint.
Joint
The means whereby the meeting surfaces of pieces in a structure are secured together.
Joint
A projecting or retreating part in something; any irregularity of line or surface, as in a wall.
Joint
A narrow piece of scenery used to join together two flats or wings of an interior setting.
Joint
A disreputable establishment, or a place of low resort, as for smoking opium; - also used for a commercial establishment, implying a less than impeccable reputation, but often in jest; as, talking about a high-class joint is an oxymoron.
Joint
A marijuana cigarette.
Joint
Prison; - used with "the".
Joint
Joined; united; combined; concerted; as, joint action.
Joint
Involving the united activity of two or more; done or produced by two or more working together.
I read this joint effusion twice over.
Joint
United, joined, or sharing with another or with others; not solitary in interest or action; holding in common with an associate, or with associates; acting together; as, joint heir; joint creditor; a joint bank account; joint debtor, etc.
Joint
Shared by, or affecting two or more; held in common; as, joint property; a joint bond.
A joint burden laid upon us all.
Joint
To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together; as, to joint boards.
Pierced through the yielding planks of jointed wood.
Joint
To join; to connect; to unite; to combine.
Jointing their force 'gainst Cæsar.
Joint
To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate.
The fingers are jointed together for motion.
Joint
To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat.
Quartering, jointing, seething, and roasting.
Joint
To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do; as, the stones joint, neatly.
Joint
(anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if the articulation allows motion)
Joint
A disreputable place of entertainment
Joint
The shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
Joint
A piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion
Joint
Junction by which parts or objects are joined together
Joint
Marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking
Joint
Fit as if by joints;
The boards fit neatly
Joint
Provide with a joint;
The carpenter jointed two pieces of wood
Joint
Fasten with a joint
Joint
Separate (meat) at the joint
Joint
United or combined;
A joint session of Congress
Joint owners
Joint
Affecting or involving two or more;
Joint income-tax return
Joint ownership
Joint
Involving both houses of a legislature;
A joint session of Congress
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