Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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blunt | No | Yes | Yes | No |
direct | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
blunt (adjective) | direct (adjective) |
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characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion | direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short |
used of a knife or other blade; not sharp | (of a current) flowing in one direction only |
having a broad or rounded end | straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action |
devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment | similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity |
in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child | |
moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth | |
lacking compromising or mitigating elements | |
in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker | |
having no intervening persons, agents, conditions | |
being an immediate result or consequence |
blunt (verb) | direct (verb) |
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make less sharp | plan and direct (a complex undertaking) |
make less intense | specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public |
make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation | command with authority |
make dull or blunt | give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction |
make numb or insensitive | put an address on (an envelope) |
point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards | |
intend (something) to move towards a certain goal | |
guide the actors in (plays and films) | |
lead, as in the performance of a composition | |
take somebody somewhere | |
cause to go somewhere | |
direct the course; determine the direction of travelling | |
govern or manage |
blunt (adverb) | direct (adverb) |
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without deviation |