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Bold vs. Sharp — What's the Difference?

Bold vs. Sharp — What's the Difference?

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Bold

Fearless and daring; courageous
A bold leader.

Sharp

Having a thin edge or a fine point suitable for or capable of cutting or piercing.

Bold

Requiring or exhibiting courage or daring
A bold voyage to unknown lands.

Sharp

Having clear form and detail
A sharp photographic image.

Bold

Unduly forward and brazen; impudent
A bold, sassy child.
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Sharp

Terminating in an edge or a point
Sharp angular cliffs.
A sharp nose.

Bold

Strikingly different or unconventional; arresting or provocative
"[He] laid out a bold, new vision for America's leading universities" (Jerome Karabel).

Sharp

Clearly and distinctly set forth
Sharp contrasts in behavior.

Bold

Clear and distinct to the eye; conspicuous
Bold colors.
A bold pattern.

Sharp

Abrupt or acute
A sharp drop.
A sharp turn.

Bold

Strong or pronounced; prominent
The bold flavor of ginger.

Sharp

Intellectually penetrating; astute
Was sharp in his analysis of the problem.

Bold

Steep or abrupt in grade or terrain
"The two walk along the high, bold, rocky shore" (Harriet Beecher Stowe).

Sharp

Marked by keenness and accuracy of perception
Sharp hearing.

Bold

(Printing) Boldface.

Sharp

Crafty or deceitful, as in business dealings
Sharp selling practices.

Bold

(obsolete) A dwelling; habitation; building.

Sharp

Vigilant; alert
Kept a sharp lookout for shoplifters.

Bold

Courageous, daring.
Bold deeds win admiration and, sometimes, medals.

Sharp

Briskly or keenly cold and cutting
A sharp wind.

Bold

Visually striking; conspicuous.
The painter's bold use of colour and outline

Sharp

Harsh or biting in tone or character
Sharp criticism.

Bold

Having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface.
The last word of this sentence is bold.

Sharp

Fierce or impetuous; violent
A sharp temper.
A sharp assault.

Bold

Presumptuous, forward or impudent.

Sharp

Intense; severe
A sharp pain.

Bold

(Ireland) Naughty; insolent; badly-behaved.
All of her children are terribly bold and never do as they are told.

Sharp

Sudden and shrill
A sharp whistle.

Bold

Full-bodied.

Sharp

Sudden and brilliant or dazzling
A sharp flash of lightning.

Bold

(Philippines) Pornographic; depicting nudity.

Sharp

Strongly affecting the senses of smell and taste
A sharp pungent odor.
A sharp cheese.

Bold

Steep or abrupt.

Sharp

Composed of hard angular particles
Sharp sand.

Bold

(transitive) To make (a font or some text) bold.

Sharp

Raised in pitch by a semitone.

Bold

To make bold or daring.

Sharp

Being above the proper pitch.

Bold

To become bold or brave.

Sharp

Having the key signature in sharps.

Bold

Forward to meet danger; venturesome; daring; not timorous or shrinking from risk; brave; courageous.
Throngs of knights and barons bold.

Sharp

(Informal) Attractive or stylish
A sharp jacket.

Bold

Exhibiting or requiring spirit and contempt of danger; planned with courage; daring; vigorous.

Sharp

In a sharp manner
Hit me sharp on the brow.

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.

Sharp

Punctually; exactly
At three o'clock sharp.

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.

Sharp

(Music) Above the true or proper pitch.

Bold

Standing prominently out to view; markedly conspicuous; striking the eye; in high relief.
Shadows in painting . . . make the figure bolder.

Sharp

A sign (♯) used to indicate that a note is to be raised by a semitone.

Bold

Steep; abrupt; prominent.
Where the bold cape its warning forehead rears.

Sharp

A note that is raised a semitone.

Bold

To make bold or daring.

Sharp

A slender sewing needle with a very fine point.

Bold

To be or become bold.

Sharp

A hypodermic needle
A canister for disposing of used sharps.

Bold

A typeface with thick heavy lines

Sharp

An expert.

Bold

Fearless and daring;
Bold settlers on some foreign shore
A bold speech
A bold adventure

Sharp

A shrewd cheater; a sharper.

Bold

Clear and distinct;
Bold handwriting
A figure carved in bold relief
A bold design

Sharp

To raise in pitch by a semitone.

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

Sharp

To play or sing above the proper pitch.

Sharp

Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded.
I keep my knives sharp so that they don't slip unexpectedly while carving.
Ernest made the pencil too sharp and accidentally stabbed himself with it.
A face with sharp features

Sharp

(colloquial) Intelligent.
My nephew is a sharp lad; he can count to 100 in six languages, and he's only five years old.

Sharp

(music) Higher than usual by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ after the name of the note).

Sharp

(music) Higher in pitch than required.
The orchestra's third violin several times was sharp about an eighth of a tone.

Sharp

Having an intense, acrid flavour.
Milly couldn't stand sharp cheeses when she was pregnant, because they made her nauseated.

Sharp

Sudden and intense.
A pregnant woman during labor normally experiences a number of sharp contractions.

Sharp

(colloquial) Illegal or dishonest.
Michael had a number of sharp ventures that he kept off the books.

Sharp

(colloquial) Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interests; shrewd.
A sharp dealer;
A sharp customer

Sharp

Exact, precise, accurate; keen.
You'll need sharp aim to make that shot.

Sharp

Offensive, critical, or acrimonious.
Sharp criticism
When the two rivals met, first there were sharp words, and then a fight broke out.

Sharp

(colloquial) Stylish or attractive.
You look so sharp in that tuxedo!

Sharp

Observant; alert; acute.
Keep a sharp watch on the prisoners. I don't want them to escape!

Sharp

Forming a small angle; especially, forming an angle of less than ninety degrees.
Drive down Main for three quarters of a mile, then make a sharp right turn onto Pine.

Sharp

Steep; precipitous; abrupt.
A sharp ascent or descent; a sharp turn or curve

Sharp

Said of as extreme a value as possible.
Sure, any planar graph can be five-colored. But that result is not sharp: in fact, any planar graph can be four-colored. That is sharp: the same can't be said for any lower number.

Sharp

(chess) Tactical; risky.

Sharp

Piercing; keen; severe; painful.
A sharp pain; the sharp and frosty winter air

Sharp

Eager or keen in pursuit; impatient for gratification.
A sharp appetite

Sharp

(obsolete) Fierce; ardent; fiery; violent; impetuous.

Sharp

Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty.

Sharp

Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone; aspirated; unvoiced.

Sharp

(obsolete) Hungry.

Sharp

To a point or edge; piercingly; eagerly; sharply.

Sharp

(notcomp) Exactly.
I'll see you at twelve o'clock sharp.

Sharp

(music) In a higher pitch than is correct or desirable.
I didn't enjoy the concert much because the tenor kept going sharp on the high notes.

Sharp

(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.
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.

Sharp

(music) A note that is played a semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ♯.

Sharp

(music) A note that is sharp in a particular key.
The piece was difficult to read after it had been transposed, since in the new key many notes were sharps.

Sharp

(music) The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic.
Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" is written in C♯ minor (C sharp minor.)

Sharp

Something that is sharp.
Place sharps in the specially marked red container for safe disposal.

Sharp

(medicine) A hypodermic syringe.

Sharp

A scalpel or other edged instrument used in surgery.

Sharp

A sharp tool or weapon.

Sharp

A dishonest person; a cheater.
The casino kept in the break room a set of pictures of known sharps for the bouncers to see.
This usage is often classified as variant spelling of shark, and unrelated to the 'pointed' or 'cutting' meanings of sharp.

Sharp

Part of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.

Sharp

A sewing needle with a very slender point, more pointed than a blunt or a between.

Sharp

(in the plural) Fine particles of husk mixed with coarse particle of flour of cereals; middlings.

Sharp

An expert.

Sharp

A sharpie member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s.

Sharp

(music) To raise the pitch of a note half a step making a natural note a sharp.
That new musician must be tone deaf: he sharped half the notes of the song!

Sharp

To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper.

Sharp

To sharpen.

Sharp

Having a very thin edge or fine point; of a nature to cut or pierce easily; not blunt or dull; keen.
He dies upon my scimeter's sharp point.

Sharp

Terminating in a point or edge; not obtuse or rounded; somewhat pointed or edged; peaked or ridged; as, a sharp hill; sharp features.

Sharp

Affecting the sense as if pointed or cutting, keen, penetrating, acute: to the taste or smell, pungent, acid, sour, as ammonia has a sharp taste and odor; to the hearing, piercing, shrill, as a sharp sound or voice; to the eye, instantaneously brilliant, dazzling, as a sharp flash.

Sharp

High in pitch; acute; as, a sharp note or tone.

Sharp

Very trying to the feelings; piercing; keen; severe; painful; distressing; as, sharp pain, weather; a sharp and frosty air.
Sharp misery had worn him to the bones.
The morning sharp and clear.
In sharpest perils faithful proved.

Sharp

Cutting in language or import; biting; sarcastic; cruel; harsh; rigorous; severe; as, a sharp rebuke.
To that place the sharp Athenian lawCan not pursue us.
Be thy words severe,Sharp as merits but the sword forbear.

Sharp

Of keen perception; quick to discern or distinguish; having nice discrimination; acute; penetrating; sagacious; clever; as, a sharp eye; sharp sight, hearing, or judgment.
Nothing makes men sharper . . . than want.
Many other things belong to the material world, wherein the sharpest philosophers have never ye arrived at clear and distinct ideas.

Sharp

Eager in pursuit; keen in quest; impatient for gratification; keen; as, a sharp appetite.

Sharp

Fierce; ardent; fiery; violent; impetuous.
A sharp assault already is begun.

Sharp

Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interest; close and exact in dealing; shrewd; as, a sharp dealer; a sharp customer.
The necessity of being so sharp and exacting.

Sharp

Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty; as, sharp sand.

Sharp

Steep; precipitous; abrupt; as, a sharp ascent or descent; a sharp turn or curve.

Sharp

Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone, without voice, as certain consonants, such as p, k, t, f; surd; nonvocal; aspirated.

Sharp

To a point or edge; piercingly; eagerly; sharply.
The head [of a spear] full sharp yground.
You bite so sharp at reasons.

Sharp

Precisely; exactly; as, we shall start at ten o'clock sharp.

Sharp

A sharp tool or weapon.
If butchers had but the manners to go to sharps, gentlemen would be contented with a rubber at cuffs.

Sharp

The character [$] used to indicate that the note before which it is placed is to be raised a half step, or semitone, in pitch.

Sharp

A portion of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.

Sharp

A sewing needle having a very slender point; a needle of the most pointed of the three grades, blunts, betweens, and sharps.

Sharp

Same as Middlings, 1.

Sharp

An expert.

Sharp

To sharpen.

Sharp

To raise above the proper pitch; to elevate the tone of; especially, to raise a half step, or semitone, above the natural tone.

Sharp

To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper.

Sharp

To sing above the proper pitch.

Sharp

A musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named

Sharp

A long thin sewing needle with a sharp point

Sharp

(of something seen or heard) clearly defined;
A sharp photographic image
The sharp crack of a twig
The crisp snap of dry leaves underfoot

Sharp

Ending in a sharp point

Sharp

Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions;
An acute observer of politics and politicians
Incisive comments
Icy knifelike reasoning
As sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang
Penetrating insight
Frequent penetrative observations

Sharp

Marked by practical hardheaded intelligence;
A smart businessman
An astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease
He was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow

Sharp

Harsh;
Sharp criticism
A sharp-worded exchange
A tart remark

Sharp

High-pitched and sharp;
Piercing screams
A shrill whistle

Sharp

Extremely steep;
An abrupt canyon
The precipitous rapids of the upper river
The precipitous hills of Chinese paintings
A sharp drop

Sharp

Keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point;
A sharp pain
Sharp winds

Sharp

Very penetrating and clear and sharp in operation;
An incisive mind
A keen intelligence
Of sharp and active intellect

Sharp

Having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing;
A sharp knife
A pencil with a sharp point

Sharp

Sour or bitter in taste

Sharp

Raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone;
C sharp
B natural

Sharp

Very sudden and in great amount or degree;
A sharp drop in the stock market

Sharp

Quick and forceful;
A sharp blow

Sharp

Changing suddenly in direction and degree;
The road twists sharply after the light
Turn sharp left here

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