What's the difference between poignancy and poignant?

Poignancy


Definition:

  • (n.) The quality or state of being poignant; as, the poignancy of satire; the poignancy of grief.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) To anyone who has followed Goldin's career, and grown familiar with her cast of characters, these images have an added layer of poignancy.
  • (2) They are full of the kind of worries any parent might have if their child was in a dangerous situation, but because Rachel never came home, they have a devastating poignancy.
  • (3) Spencer himself would have preferred comparison to Giotto's Arena chapel in Padua, while for Taylor "there is a more Rothko-esque experience when you sit in the chapel and look at the paintings, and certainly after 10 minutes you are overcome by a sense of poignancy."
  • (4) When each interaction with a grandchild or good-bye kiss to a spouse may be the last, a sense of poignancy may permeate even the most casual everyday experiences.
  • (5) The simple narrative, built around the near-mythical Christmas truce between the trenches of 1914, has just the right blend of poignancy and sentimentality to bring a tear to the most cynical eye.
  • (6) Mufasa’s death in The Lion King , betrayed by his hateful brother Scar, has lived in the minds of generations – I know it lives in mine – and the enduring poignancy of Mufasa’s fate has not made things any easier for Mr Palmer.
  • (7) But Jobs's address has an unbearable poignancy just now, especially for those who knew him well.
  • (8) Despite their eerie poignancy, some cycling campaigners worry that the memorials could, in fact, act in the main to put off would-be cyclists.
  • (9) There must have been a tinge of poignancy as well pride for particular individuals.
  • (10) Meanwhile, in Rochester, New York, an election tradition took on even greater poignancy.
  • (11) You are crazy.” Pope Francis departs US after historic tour from Havana to Philadelphia - live Read more The mass capped a day of rapture and poignance for those swept up in a week of pope mania, a public relations triumph during which the 78-year-old Argentinian deftly mixed politics and pageantry to draw attention to his priorities – poverty, injustice, pollution – and to challenge the US to do better.
  • (12) Volunteers including armed forces members based in the area, including many for whom the site has a personal poignancy since they have just returned safely from active service overseas, will be helping record the site in detail.
  • (13) The poignancy of this is highlighted by the fact that the orbit contains the organ of sight and also has high aesthetic value.
  • (14) Repeating the lyrics “been telling myself that I can roll with the changes” in a falsetto that matures with age, he looks anxiously aware of the lyrical poignancy.
  • (15) Instead, Swift called on artists to seek a new connection with fans, an “arrow through the heart” poignancy that would overcome the collapse of the old revenue models.
  • (16) The theme was portentous and loud, and the mood of the moment pivoted drastically, from Elton’s sweet poignancy, implying the arrival of a tired touring man coming to greet his supporters late in the California afternoon, to something far more fascist-theatrical.
  • (17) But, perhaps drawing on the poignancy of Blade Runner's self-aware replicants, movies have sometimes been driven to take the clones' perspective.
  • (18) The fact that this list was previously kept a secret just adds to the poignancy.
  • (19) As a young therapist who once counselled pregnant women, I know the poignancy and delicacy of this time spent with a woman – young or approaching menopause – who finds herself pregnant.
  • (20) Naturally such knowledge adds poignancy to the descriptions of Esther's suffering when she, like Plath, was just 19.

Poignant


Definition:

  • (a.) Pricking; piercing; sharp; pungent.
  • (a.) Fig.: Pointed; keen; satirical.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Totò was a legend in the Vesuvian city – a comedian of genius; poignant, mysterious.
  • (2) Fleeting though it may have been (he jetted off to New York this morning and is due in Toronto on Saturday), there was a poignant reason for his appearance: he was here to play a tribute set to Frankie Knuckles, the Godfather of house and one of Morales's closest friends, who died suddenly in March.
  • (3) One of the most poignant exchanges came when Tony was asked by @ juliangratton to sum up the last seven years of his life.
  • (4) The exercise yard is adorned with poignant children's paintings in response to school trips here.
  • (5) This double bind may be particularly poignant for grandparents in single mother families.
  • (6) This addition was particularly poignant as Andrew Jackson’s legacy includes the decision to sign the Indian Removal Act of 1830 , which gave the federal government power to expel Native American tribes from their land.
  • (7) This poignant letter, addressing Recep Tayyip Erdogan and written by one of the protesters in Istanbul's historic Taksim Square , was widely circulated on Turkey's social media.
  • (8) Treasure Island gives us an intense sense of place, and a poignant coming-of-age story full of moral ambiguity.
  • (9) Their songs ranged from the almost unbearably poignant ("Hand in Glove") to the frankly vulnerable ("How Soon is Now").
  • (10) The image of the France midfielder walking, head bowed, past the World Cup trophy is one of the more poignant in football history.
  • (11) The second series of BBC1’s hit drama Happy Valley ended on Tuesday night , bowing out in a wondrous blaze of confrontation, perceptive resolution and poignant revelation.
  • (12) Ed Miliband said: "This is a tragic and poignant reminder of the sacrifices made by our armed forces in serving our country with bravery and distinction."
  • (13) But the American author, already the recipient of the Man Booker International prize, the Pulitzer and the National Book award , said it was "particularly poignant for me to have gotten news of the award only a few weeks after the death of Carlos Fuentes, who received the award in 1994".
  • (14) A picture sits on each one of the chairs, decorated by poignant letters, orange flowers and gifts.
  • (15) Or perhaps we could focus on the relationship of Leia and Solo, now married, and there could be a heart-rendingly poignant study of their elderly existence together, rather like Michael Haneke's Amour , but set in space.
  • (16) Dern, all windblown white hair and stubble, is often entirely silent and withdrawn, and all the more compelling and poignant for that.
  • (17) On the basis of this limited but poignant experience, we propose an outline of steps in management to help others avoid similar problems.
  • (18) Yet the narratives in Benefits Street have a human and poignant quality, often presenting decent and compassionate people disenfranchised by an unfair society.
  • (19) Sandy Nairne, director of the NPG, said: "The Van Dyck self-portrait is a poignant portrait of great significance.
  • (20) It was poignant, afterwards, to hear Martínez try to put the human element into some perspective.

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