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Keen vs. Sharp: Difference and Comparison

Edited by Muazma Batool — By Muneeza Rehman — Updated on October 30, 2023
Keen implies a sharp, excited interest or eagerness. Sharp refers to a fine edge or point that can cut or pierce.
Keen vs. Sharp

Difference Between Keen and Sharp

Keen implies having a fine edge or point, but it's often used metaphorically to describe mental acuity. While sharp physically implies an ability to cut smoothly or be pointy.
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Keen conveys eagerness or enthusiasm in a mental or sensory way. On the other hand, sharp might describe an object’s ability to make clean cuts or describe acute intellectual or physical traits.
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Keen can describe a high degree of sensitivity or intensity in various senses. Conversely, sharp may refer to a sudden, striking, or abrupt quality or form.
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To be keen on something suggests a fervent, intense, or enthusiastic demeanor. Sharp, on the other hand, may convey intellectual acuity or a abruptness in manner or form.
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Keen vs. Sharp Comparison Chart

Literal Meaning

Eager or enthusiastic
Having a fine cutting edge
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Connotation

Often positive (enthusiasm)
Can be neutral or negative
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Usage in Describing

More often for intangibles
More for tangibles & traits
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Associated Phrases

Keen on, keen interest
Sharp object, sharp turn
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Synonym Overlap

In sense of eagerness
In sense of cutting ability
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Keen vs. Sharp Definitions

Keen

Eager or Enthusiastic
She was keen to start her new project.
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Sharp

Having a Fine Edge or Point
She cut the fruit with a sharp knife.
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Keen

Intellectually Sharp
His keen intellect was noticeable in debates.
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Sharp

Intellectually Astute
He was known for his sharp mind and wit.
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Keen

Intensely Strong or Vivid
The artist used keen colors to express emotion.
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Sharp

Harsh or Severe
She spoke in a sharp tone when angered.
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Keen

Having a fine, sharp cutting edge or point.
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Sharp

Having a thin edge or a fine point suitable for or capable of cutting or piercing.
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Keen

Having or marked by intellectual quickness and acuity.
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Sharp

Having clear form and detail
a sharp photographic image.
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Keen

Acutely sensitive
a keen ear.
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Sharp

Terminating in an edge or a point
sharp angular cliffs.
a sharp nose.
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Keen

Sharp; vivid; strong
"His entire body hungered for keen sensation, something exciting" (Richard Wright).
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Sharp

Clearly and distinctly set forth
sharp contrasts in behavior.
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Keen

Intense or bracing
a keen wind.
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Sharp

Abrupt or acute
a sharp drop.
a sharp turn.
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Keen

Pungent; acrid
A keen smell of skunk was left behind.
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Sharp

Intellectually penetrating; astute
was sharp in his analysis of the problem.
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Keen

Ardent; enthusiastic
a keen chess player.
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Sharp

Marked by keenness and accuracy of perception
sharp hearing.
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Keen

Eagerly desirous
keen on going to Europe in the spring.
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Sharp

Crafty or deceitful, as in business dealings
sharp selling practices.
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Keen

(Slang) Great; splendid; fine
What a keen day!.
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Sharp

Vigilant; alert
kept a sharp lookout for shoplifters.
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Keen

A loud wailing or lament for the dead.
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Sharp

Briskly or keenly cold and cutting
a sharp wind.
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Keen

To wail in lamentation, especially for the dead.
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Sharp

Harsh or biting in tone or character
sharp criticism.
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Keen

Often with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness; eager, enthusiastic, interested.
I’m keen on computers.
She’s keen to learn another language.
“Do you want to go on holiday with me?”   “Yes, I’m keen.”
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Sharp

Fierce or impetuous; violent
a sharp temper.
a sharp assault.
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Keen

Fierce, intense, vehement.
This boy has a keen appetite.
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Sharp

Intense; severe
a sharp pain.
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Keen

Having a fine edge or point; sharp.
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Sharp

Sudden and shrill
a sharp whistle.
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Keen

Acute of mind, having or expressing mental acuteness; penetrating, sharp.
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Sharp

Sudden and brilliant or dazzling
a sharp flash of lightning.
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Keen

Acrimonious, bitter, piercing.
keen satire or sarcasm
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Sharp

Strongly affecting the senses of smell and taste
a sharp pungent odor.
a sharp cheese.
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Keen

Of cold, wind, etc.: cutting, penetrating, piercing, sharp.
a keen wind
the cold is very keen
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Sharp

Composed of hard angular particles
sharp sand.
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Keen

(Britain) Of prices, extremely low as to be competitive.
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Sharp

Raised in pitch by a semitone.
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Keen

Marvelous.
I just got this peachy keen new dress.
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Sharp

Being above the proper pitch.
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Keen

(obsolete) Brave, courageous; audacious, bold.
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Sharp

Having the key signature in sharps.
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Keen

To make cold, to sharpen.
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Sharp

(Informal) Attractive or stylish
a sharp jacket.
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Keen

(transitive) To utter with a loud wailing voice or wordless cry.
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Sharp

In a sharp manner
hit me sharp on the brow.
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Keen

(transitive) To mourn.
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Sharp

Punctually; exactly
at three o'clock sharp.
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Keen

A prolonged wail for a deceased person.
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Sharp

(Music) Above the true or proper pitch.
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Keen

Sharp; having a fine edge or point; as, a keen razor, or a razor with a keen edge.
A bow he bare and arwes [arrows] bright and kene.
That my keen knife see not the wound it makes.
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Sharp

A sign (♯) used to indicate that a note is to be raised by a semitone.
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Keen

Acute of mind; sharp; penetrating; having or expressing mental acuteness; as, a man of keen understanding; a keen look; keen features.
To make our wits more keen.
Before the keen inquiry of her thought.
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Sharp

A note that is raised a semitone.
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Keen

Bitter; piercing; acrimonious; cutting; stinging; severe; as, keen satire or sarcasm.
Good father cardinal, cry thou amenTo my keen curses.
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Sharp

A slender sewing needle with a very fine point.
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Keen

Piercing; penetrating; cutting; sharp; - applied to cold, wind, etc.; as, a keen wind; the cold is very keen.
Breasts the keen air, and carols as he goes.
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Sharp

A hypodermic needle
a canister for disposing of used sharps.
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Keen

Eager; vehement; fierce; as, a keen appetite.
So keen and greedy to confound a man.
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Sharp

An expert.
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Keen

Wonderful; delightful; marvelous; as, that would be keen.
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Sharp

A shrewd cheater; a sharper.
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Keen

To sharpen; to make cold.
Cold winter keens the brightening flood.
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Sharp

To raise in pitch by a semitone.
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Keen

To wail as a keener does.
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Sharp

To play or sing above the proper pitch.
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Keen

A prolonged wail for a deceased person. Cf. Coranach.
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Sharp

Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded.
I keep my knives sharp so that they don't slip unexpectedly while carving.
Ernest made the pencil too sharp and accidentally stabbed himself with it.
A face with sharp features
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Keen

a funeral lament sung with loud wailing
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Sharp

(colloquial) Intelligent.
My nephew is a sharp lad; he can count to 100 in six languages, and he's only five years old.
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Keen

express grief verbally;
we lamented the death of the child
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Sharp

(music) Higher than usual by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ after the name of the note).
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Keen

having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions;
an acute observer of politics and politicians
incisive comments
icy knifelike reasoning
as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang
penetrating insight
frequent penetrative observations
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Sharp

(music) Higher in pitch than required.
The orchestra's third violin several times was sharp about an eighth of a tone.
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Keen

intense or sharp;
suffered exquisite pain
felt exquisite pleasure
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Sharp

Having an intense, acrid flavour.
Milly couldn't stand sharp cheeses when she was pregnant, because they made her nauseated.
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Keen

very penetrating and clear and sharp in operation;
an incisive mind
a keen intelligence
of sharp and active intellect
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Sharp

Sudden and intense.
A pregnant woman during labor normally experiences a number of sharp contractions.
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Keen

very good;
he did a bully job
a neat sports car
had a great time at the party
you look simply smashing
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Sharp

(colloquial) Illegal or dishonest.
Michael had a number of sharp ventures that he kept off the books.
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Keen

as physically painful as if caused by a sharp instrument;
a cutting wind
keen winds
knifelike cold
piercing knifelike pains
piercing cold
piercing criticism
a stabbing pain
lancinating pain
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Sharp

(colloquial) Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interests; shrewd.
a sharp dealer;
a sharp customer
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Keen

having a sharp cutting edge or point;
a keen blade
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Sharp

Exact, precise, accurate; keen.
You'll need sharp aim to make that shot.
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Keen

Having a Sharp Edge or Point
The keen blade easily sliced through the paper.
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Sharp

Offensive, critical, or acrimonious.
sharp criticism
When the two rivals met, first there were sharp words, and then a fight broke out.
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Keen

Deep and Piercing
The wolf’s keen eyes spotted the prey from afar.
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Sharp

(colloquial) Stylish or attractive.
You look so sharp in that tuxedo!
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Sharp

Observant; alert; acute.
Keep a sharp watch on the prisoners. I don't want them to escape!
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Sharp

Forming a small angle; especially, forming an angle of less than ninety degrees.
Drive down Main for three quarters of a mile, then make a sharp right turn onto Pine.
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Sharp

Steep; precipitous; abrupt.
a sharp ascent or descent; a sharp turn or curve
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Sharp

Said of as extreme a value as possible.
Sure, any planar graph can be five-colored. But that result is not sharp: in fact, any planar graph can be four-colored. That is sharp: the same can't be said for any lower number.
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Sharp

(chess) Tactical; risky.
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Sharp

Piercing; keen; severe; painful.
a sharp pain; the sharp and frosty winter air
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Sharp

Eager or keen in pursuit; impatient for gratification.
a sharp appetite
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Sharp

(obsolete) Fierce; ardent; fiery; violent; impetuous.
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Sharp

Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty.
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Sharp

Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone; aspirated; unvoiced.
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Sharp

(obsolete) Hungry.
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Sharp

To a point or edge; piercingly; eagerly; sharply.
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Sharp

(notcomp) Exactly.
I'll see you at twelve o'clock sharp.
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Sharp

(music) In a higher pitch than is correct or desirable.
I didn't enjoy the concert much because the tenor kept going sharp on the high notes.
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Sharp

(music) 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.
The pitch pipe sounded out a perfect F♯ (F sharp).
Transposition frequently is harder to read because of all the sharps and flats on the staff.
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Sharp

(music) A note that is played a semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ♯.
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Sharp

(music) A note that is sharp in a particular key.
The piece was difficult to read after it had been transposed, since in the new key many notes were sharps.
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Sharp

(music) The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic.
Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" is written in C♯ minor (C sharp minor.)
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Sharp

Something that is sharp.
Place sharps in the specially marked red container for safe disposal.
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Sharp

(medicine) A hypodermic syringe.
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Sharp

A scalpel or other edged instrument used in surgery.
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Sharp

A sharp tool or weapon.
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Sharp

A dishonest person; a cheater.
The casino kept in the break room a set of pictures of known sharps for the bouncers to see.
This usage is often classified as variant spelling of shark, and unrelated to the 'pointed' or 'cutting' meanings of sharp.
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Sharp

Part of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.
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Sharp

A sewing needle with a very slender point, more pointed than a blunt or a between.
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Sharp

(in the plural) Fine particles of husk mixed with coarse particle of flour of cereals; middlings.
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Sharp

An expert.
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Sharp

A sharpie member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s.
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Sharp

(music) To raise the pitch of a note half a step making a natural note a sharp.
That new musician must be tone deaf: he sharped half the notes of the song!
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Sharp

To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper.
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Sharp

To sharpen.
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Sharp

Having a very thin edge or fine point; of a nature to cut or pierce easily; not blunt or dull; keen.
He dies upon my scimeter's sharp point.
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Sharp

Terminating in a point or edge; not obtuse or rounded; somewhat pointed or edged; peaked or ridged; as, a sharp hill; sharp features.
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Sharp

Affecting the sense as if pointed or cutting, keen, penetrating, acute: to the taste or smell, pungent, acid, sour, as ammonia has a sharp taste and odor; to the hearing, piercing, shrill, as a sharp sound or voice; to the eye, instantaneously brilliant, dazzling, as a sharp flash.
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Sharp

High in pitch; acute; as, a sharp note or tone.
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Sharp

Very trying to the feelings; piercing; keen; severe; painful; distressing; as, sharp pain, weather; a sharp and frosty air.
Sharp misery had worn him to the bones.
The morning sharp and clear.
In sharpest perils faithful proved.
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Sharp

Cutting in language or import; biting; sarcastic; cruel; harsh; rigorous; severe; as, a sharp rebuke.
To that place the sharp Athenian lawCan not pursue us.
Be thy words severe,Sharp as merits but the sword forbear.
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Sharp

Of keen perception; quick to discern or distinguish; having nice discrimination; acute; penetrating; sagacious; clever; as, a sharp eye; sharp sight, hearing, or judgment.
Nothing makes men sharper . . . than want.
Many other things belong to the material world, wherein the sharpest philosophers have never ye arrived at clear and distinct ideas.
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Sharp

Eager in pursuit; keen in quest; impatient for gratification; keen; as, a sharp appetite.
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Sharp

Fierce; ardent; fiery; violent; impetuous.
A sharp assault already is begun.
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Sharp

Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interest; close and exact in dealing; shrewd; as, a sharp dealer; a sharp customer.
The necessity of being so sharp and exacting.
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Sharp

Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty; as, sharp sand.
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Sharp

Steep; precipitous; abrupt; as, a sharp ascent or descent; a sharp turn or curve.
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Sharp

Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone, without voice, as certain consonants, such as p, k, t, f; surd; nonvocal; aspirated.
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Sharp

To a point or edge; piercingly; eagerly; sharply.
The head [of a spear] full sharp yground.
You bite so sharp at reasons.
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Sharp

Precisely; exactly; as, we shall start at ten o'clock sharp.
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Sharp

A sharp tool or weapon.
If butchers had but the manners to go to sharps, gentlemen would be contented with a rubber at cuffs.
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Sharp

The character [$] used to indicate that the note before which it is placed is to be raised a half step, or semitone, in pitch.
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Sharp

A portion of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.
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Sharp

A sewing needle having a very slender point; a needle of the most pointed of the three grades, blunts, betweens, and sharps.
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Sharp

Same as Middlings, 1.
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Sharp

An expert.
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Sharp

To sharpen.
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Sharp

To raise above the proper pitch; to elevate the tone of; especially, to raise a half step, or semitone, above the natural tone.
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Sharp

To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper.
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Sharp

To sing above the proper pitch.
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Sharp

a musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named
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Sharp

a long thin sewing needle with a sharp point
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Sharp

(of something seen or heard) clearly defined;
a sharp photographic image
the sharp crack of a twig
the crisp snap of dry leaves underfoot
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Sharp

ending in a sharp point
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Sharp

having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions;
an acute observer of politics and politicians
incisive comments
icy knifelike reasoning
as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang
penetrating insight
frequent penetrative observations
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Sharp

marked by practical hardheaded intelligence;
a smart businessman
an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease
he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow
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Sharp

harsh;
sharp criticism
a sharp-worded exchange
a tart remark
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Sharp

high-pitched and sharp;
piercing screams
a shrill whistle
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Sharp

extremely steep;
an abrupt canyon
the precipitous rapids of the upper river
the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings
a sharp drop
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Sharp

keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point;
a sharp pain
sharp winds
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Sharp

very penetrating and clear and sharp in operation;
an incisive mind
a keen intelligence
of sharp and active intellect
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Sharp

having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing;
a sharp knife
a pencil with a sharp point
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Sharp

sour or bitter in taste
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Sharp

raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone;
C sharp
B natural
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Sharp

very sudden and in great amount or degree;
a sharp drop in the stock market
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Sharp

quick and forceful;
a sharp blow
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Sharp

changing suddenly in direction and degree;
the road twists sharply after the light
turn sharp left here
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Sharp

Abrupt or Precise in Form or Manner
He took a sharp turn at the corner.
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Sharp

In Music, Raised in Pitch
The note was played a sharp above the written one.
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Keen vs. Sharp Frequently Asked Questions

How is sharp used to describe objects

Sharp describes objects as having a fine edge or point that can cut or pierce.
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Can keen be used to describe mental attributes

Yes keen can describe someone as having a sharp or perceptive mind.
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How can sharp describe a physical action

Sharp can describe a movement as abrupt or precise.
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Is it correct to say keen blade

Yes keen can describe a blade as sharp or effective at cutting.
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Is sharp used in a musical context

Yes sharp indicates that a musical note is slightly higher in pitch.
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What does it mean to be keen on something

To be keen on something implies having a strong interest or desire for it.
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What does keen generally imply

Keen often implies a great eagerness or enthusiasm.
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Can sharp have a negative connotation

Yes sharp can negatively describe an abrupt or harsh manner or tone.
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Does keen always imply something positive

While often positive keen can neutrally describe a heightened state of a sense or quality.
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How does sharp contrast with dull

Sharp implies a capacity to cut or pierce easily while dull suggests a lack of such ability.
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