Bold vs. Blunt — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Bold and Blunt
Definitions
Bold➦
Fearless and daring; courageous
A bold leader.
Blunt➦
Having a dull edge or end; not sharp.
Bold➦
Requiring or exhibiting courage or daring
A bold voyage to unknown lands.
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).
Bold➦
Unduly forward and brazen; impudent
A bold, sassy child.
Blunt➦
Stark; unadorned
"The blunt truth ... is that he is devoid of political courage" (Jeff Jacoby).
Bold➦
Strikingly different or unconventional; arresting or provocative
"[He] laid out a bold, new vision for America's leading universities" (Jerome Karabel).
Blunt➦
Slow to perceive, understand, or feel; dull or insensitive
"I felt blunt with shock when I heard the news" (Sallie Bingham).
Bold➦
Clear and distinct to the eye; conspicuous
Bold colors.
A bold pattern.
Blunt➦
To dull the edge of (a knife, for example).
Bold➦
Strong or pronounced; prominent
The bold flavor of ginger.
Blunt➦
To make less effective; weaken
Blunting the criticism with a smile.
Bold➦
Steep or abrupt in grade or terrain
"The two walk along the high, bold, rocky shore" (Harriet Beecher Stowe).
Blunt➦
To become blunt
When the scraper blade blunts, you will have to replace it.
Bold➦
(Printing) Boldface.
Blunt➦
A cigar whose interior has been hollowed out and filled with marijuana.
Bold➦
(obsolete) A dwelling; habitation; building.
Blunt➦
A marijuana cigarette that has been rolled in a cigar's tobacco leaf wrapper instead of rolling paper.
Bold➦
Courageous, daring.
Bold deeds win admiration and, sometimes, medals.
Blunt➦
Having a thick edge or point; not sharp.
Bold➦
Visually striking; conspicuous.
The painter's bold use of colour and outline
Blunt➦
Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; opposed to acute.
Bold➦
Having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface.
The last word of this sentence is bold.
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.
Bold➦
Presumptuous, forward or impudent.
Blunt➦
Hard to impress or penetrate.
Bold➦
(Ireland) Naughty; insolent; badly-behaved.
All of her children are terribly bold and never do as they are told.
Blunt➦
Slow or deficient in feeling: insensitive.
Bold➦
Full-bodied.
Blunt➦
A fencer's practice foil with a soft tip.
Bold➦
(Philippines) Pornographic; depicting nudity.
Blunt➦
A short needle with a strong point.
Bold➦
Steep or abrupt.
Blunt➦
A marijuana cigar.
Bold➦
(transitive) To make (a font or some text) bold.
Blunt➦
Money
Bold➦
To make bold or daring.
Blunt➦
A playboating move resembling a cartwheel performed on a wave.
Bold➦
To become bold or brave.
Blunt➦
To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.
Bold➦
Forward to meet danger; venturesome; daring; not timorous or shrinking from risk; brave; courageous.
Throngs of knights and barons bold.
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.
Bold➦
Exhibiting or requiring spirit and contempt of danger; planned with courage; daring; vigorous.
Blunt➦
Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; not sharp.
The murderous knife was dull and blunt.
Bold➦
In a bad sense, too forward; taking undue liberties; over assuming or confident; lacking proper modesty or restraint; rude; impudent.
Thou art too wild, too rude and bold of voice.
Blunt➦
Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; stupid; - opposed to acute.
His wits are not so blunt.
Bold➦
Somewhat overstepping usual bounds, or conventional rules, as in art, literature, etc.; taking liberties in composition or expression; as, the figures of an author are bold.
The cathedral church is a very bold work.
Blunt➦
Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.
Bold➦
Standing prominently out to view; markedly conspicuous; striking the eye; in high relief.
Shadows in painting . . . make the figure bolder.
Blunt➦
Hard to impress or penetrate.
I find my heart hardened and blunt to new impressions.
Bold➦
Steep; abrupt; prominent.
Where the bold cape its warning forehead rears.
Blunt➦
To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.
Bold➦
To make bold or daring.
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.
Bold➦
To be or become bold.
Blunt➦
A fencer's foil.
Bold➦
A typeface with thick heavy lines
Blunt➦
A short needle with a strong point. See Needle.
Bold➦
Fearless and daring;
Bold settlers on some foreign shore
A bold speech
A bold adventure
Blunt➦
Money.
Bold➦
Clear and distinct;
Bold handwriting
A figure carved in bold relief
A bold design
Blunt➦
Make less intense;
Blunted emotions
Bold➦
Very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front;
A bluff headland
Where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise
A sheer descent of rock
Blunt➦
Make numb or insensitive;
The shock numbed her senses
Blunt➦
Make dull or blunt;
Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge
Blunt➦
Make less sharp;
Blunt the knives
Blunt➦
Make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation;
Terror blunted her feelings
Deaden a sound
Blunt➦
Having a broad or rounded end;
Thick marks made by a blunt pencil
Blunt➦
Used of a knife or other blade; not sharp;
A blunt instrument
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
Blunt➦
Devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment;
The blunt truth
The crude facts
Facing the stark reality of the deadline
