Difference between Sharp and Distinct

What is the difference between Sharp and Distinct?

Sharp as an adjective is able to cut easily. while Distinct as an adjective is very clear.

Sharp

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: Exactly. In a higher pitch than is correct or desirable.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To raise the pitch of a note half a step making a natural note a sharp.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: 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. A note that is played a semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ♯. A note that is sharp in a particular key. The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic. Something which is sharp; usually used in the plural. A hypodermic needle. A scalpel or other edged instrument used in surgery. A dishonest person; a cheater.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Able to cut easily. Intelligent. Able to pierce easily; pointed. Higher than usual by one semitone (denoted by the name of the note followed by the symbol ♯). Higher in pitch than required. Having an intense, acrid flavour. Something sudden and intense. Illegal or dishonest. Exact, precise, accurate; keen. Offensive, critical, or acrimonious, as sharp criticism. Stylish or attractive. Observant; alert; acute.

Example sentence: March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life's path.

Distinct

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Very clear.Different from one another.Noticeably different.

Example sentence: Pure drawing is an abstraction. Drawing and colour are not distinct, everything in nature is coloured.

We hope you now know whether to use Sharp or Distinct in your sentence.

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