Difference between Point and Sharpen

What is the difference between Point and Sharpen?

Point as a verb is to extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it. while Sharpen as a verb is to make sharp

Point

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it. To draw attention to something or indicate a direction. To repair mortar. To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular direction To repair by removing and replacing loose mortar. To direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location in memory. To direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that domain name.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A discrete divison of something. # An individual element in a larger whole; a particular detail, thought, or quality. #: The Congress debated the finer points of the bill. # A particular moment in an event or occurrence; a juncture. #: There comes a point in a marathon when some people give up. #: At this point in the meeting, I'd like to propose a new item for the agenda. # Condition, state. #:She was not feeling in good point. # A topic of discussion or debate; a proposition, a focus of conversation or consideration. #:I made the point that we all had an interest to protect. # The smallest quantity of something; a jot, a whit. #*1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.ii: #*:full large of limbe and euery ioint / He was, and cared not for God or man a point. # A tiny amount of time; a moment. # A specific location or place, seen as a spatial position. #: We should meet at a pre-arranged point. # A zero-dimensional mathematical object representing a location in one or more dimensions; something considered to have position but no magnitude or direction. # A purpose or objective. #: Since the decision has already been made, I see little point in further discussion. # A full stop or other terminal punctuation mark. # A distinguishing quality or characteristic. #:Logic isn't my strong point. # Something tiny, as a pinprick; a very small mark. #:The stars showed as tiny points of yellow light. # A tenth; formerly also a twelfth. #:Possession is nine points of the law. # Each of the marks or strokes written above letters, especially in Semitic languages, to indicate vowels, stress etc. # A unit of scoring in a game or competition. #: The one with the most points will win the game # A decimal point (now especially when reading decimal fractions aloud). #: 10.5 ("ten point five"; = ten and a half) # A unit used to express differences in prices of stocks and shares. # a unit of measure equal to 1/12 of a pica, or approximately 1/72 of an inch (exactly 1/72 of an inch in the digital era). # An electric power socket. A sharp extremity. # The sharp tip of an object. #: Cut the skin with the point of the knife. # Any projecting extremity of an object. # An object which has a sharp or tapering tip. #:His cowboy belt was studded with points. # Each of the twelve triangular positions in either table of a backgammon board, on which the stones are played. # A peninsula or promontory. # The position at the front or vanguard of an advancing force. #* 2005, Martin Torgoff, Can't Find My Way Home: America in the Great Stoned Age, 1945–2000, Simon & Schuster, ISBN 978-0-7432-3011-6, [http://books.google.com/books?id=j16Lsej_q-YC&pg=PA189&dq=point page 189]: #*: Willie Jones decided to become Kimani Jones, Black Panther, on the day his best friend, Otis Nicholson, stepped on a mine while walking point during a sweep in the central highlands. # Each of the main directions on a compass, usually considered to be 32 in number; a direction. # A railroad switch. # An area of contrasting colour on an animal, especially a dog; a marking. #: The point color of that cat was a deep, rich sable. # A fielding position square of the wicket on the off side, between gully and cover.

Example sentence: Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark.

Sharpen

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make sharp

Example sentence: The theater, for me, has always been a place where I'm free to be more creative, a place to sharpen my tools.

We hope you now know whether to use Point or Sharpen in your sentence.

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