Bold vs. Blunt — What's the Difference?

Fearless and daring; courageous

Having a dull edge or end; not sharp.

Requiring or exhibiting courage or daring

Abrupt and often disconcertingly frank in speech

Unduly forward and brazen; impudent

Stark; unadorned

Strikingly different or unconventional; arresting or provocative

Slow to perceive, understand, or feel; dull or insensitive

Clear and distinct to the eye; conspicuous

To dull the edge of (a knife, for example).

Strong or pronounced; prominent

To make less effective; weaken

Steep or abrupt in grade or terrain

To become blunt

(Printing) Boldface.

A cigar whose interior has been hollowed out and filled with marijuana.

(obsolete) A dwelling; habitation; building.

A marijuana cigarette that has been rolled in a cigar's tobacco leaf wrapper instead of rolling paper.

Courageous, daring.

Having a thick edge or point; not sharp.

Visually striking; conspicuous.

Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; opposed to acute.

Having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface.

Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.

Presumptuous, forward or impudent.

Hard to impress or penetrate.

(Ireland) Naughty; insolent; badly-behaved.

Slow or deficient in feeling: insensitive.

Full-bodied.

A fencer's practice foil with a soft tip.

(Philippines) Pornographic; depicting nudity.

A short needle with a strong point.

Steep or abrupt.

A marijuana cigar.

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

Money

To make bold or daring.

A playboating move resembling a cartwheel performed on a wave.

To become bold or brave.

To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.

Forward to meet danger; venturesome; daring; not timorous or shrinking from risk; brave; courageous.

(figuratively) To repress or weaken; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of

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

Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; not sharp.

In a bad sense, too forward; taking undue liberties; over assuming or confident; lacking proper modesty or restraint; rude; impudent.

Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; stupid; - opposed to acute.

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.

Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.

Standing prominently out to view; markedly conspicuous; striking the eye; in high relief.

Hard to impress or penetrate.

Steep; abrupt; prominent.

To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.

To make bold or daring.

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.

To be or become bold.

A fencer's foil.

A typeface with thick heavy lines

A short needle with a strong point. See Needle.

Fearless and daring;

Money.

Clear and distinct;

Make less intense;

Very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front;

Make numb or insensitive;

Make dull or blunt;

Make less sharp;

Make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation;

Having a broad or rounded end;

Used of a knife or other blade; not sharp;

Characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion;

Devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment;