blunt vs diplomatic

blunt

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

  • To repress or weaken; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of 

noun
  • A marijuana cigar. 

  • A playboating move resembling a cartwheel performed on a wave. 

  • A short needle with a strong point. 

  • A fencer's practice foil with a soft tip. 

adj
  • Having a thick edge or point; not sharp. 

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

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

  • Hard to impress or penetrate. 

  • Slow or deficient in feeling: insensitive. 

diplomatic

adj
  • Exhibiting diplomacy; exercising tact or courtesy; using discussion to avoid hard feelings, fights or arguments. 

  • describing a publication of a text which follows a single basic manuscript, but with variants in other manuscripts noted in the critical apparatus 

  • Concerning the relationships between the governments of countries. 

  • Relating to diplomatics, or the study of old texts; paleographic. 

noun
  • The science of diplomas, or the art of deciphering ancient writings and determining their age, authenticity, etc.; paleography. 

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