different between sparkling vs incisive
sparkling
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?sp??kl???/, /?sp??kl??/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?sp??kl???/, /?sp??kl??/
- Hyphenation: spark?ling
Verb
sparkling
- Present participle and gerund of sparkle.
Adjective
sparkling (not comparable)
- Of an object, reflecting light as if giving off tiny sparks.
- Of a beverage, especially an alcoholic beverage, containing dissolved carbon dioxide (either naturally or that has been added) that comes out of solution in the form of many tiny bubbles.
- (figuratively) Brilliant and vivacious.
Synonyms
- (of an object, reflecting light): glistening, twinkling
- (of a beverage): fizzy, carbonated; see also Thesaurus:effervescent
Antonyms
- (of a beverage): noncarbonated, still; see also Thesaurus:noneffervescent
Translations
Noun
sparkling (plural sparklings)
- Act or appearance of something that sparkles; a sparkle; a gleam.
- 1820, Nathaniel John Hollingsworth, The Renegade and Other Poems, "Song"
- Bright are the sparklings that beam from the dew.
- 1820, Nathaniel John Hollingsworth, The Renegade and Other Poems, "Song"
- A sparkling wine.
- 2011, Michael Cooper, 100 Must-try New Zealand Wines (page 208)
- Wines like this struggle to stand out on the show circuit, where the judges are more likely to be searching for sparklings designed in the classic Champagne mould.
- 2011, Michael Cooper, 100 Must-try New Zealand Wines (page 208)
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incisive
English
Etymology
Late Middle English (in the sense “cutting, penetrating”), borrowed from Medieval Latin inc?s?vus, from inc?d? (“to cut in, cut through”) +? -?vus (“-ive”, adjectival suffix). Compare Middle French incisif.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?sa?.s?v/
- Rhymes: -a?s?v
Adjective
incisive (comparative more incisive, superlative most incisive)
- (of a person or mental process) Intelligently analytical and concise.
- (of an account) Accurate and sharply focused.
- (of an action) Quickly proceeding to judgment and forceful in expression.
- Synonyms: decisive, forthright
- Having the quality of incising, cutting, or penetrating, as with a sharp instrument.
- And her incisive smile accrediting / That treason of false witness in my blush.
- Synonyms: sharp, acute, sarcastic, biting
- (anatomy, not comparable) Of or relating to the incisors.
Derived terms
Translations
References
- “incisive”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- “incisive”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.si.ziv/
- Homophone: incisives
Adjective
incisive
- feminine singular of incisif
Noun
incisive f (plural incisives)
- incisor (tooth)
Further reading
- “incisive” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /in.t??i?zi.ve/
- Hyphenation: in?ci?sì?ve
Adjective
incisive
- feminine plural of incisivo
Anagrams
- inveisci
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /in.ki??si?.u?e/, [??ki??s?i?u??]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /in.t??i?si.ve/, [in??t??i?s?i?v?]
Adjective
inc?s?ve
- vocative masculine singular of inc?s?vus
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