Puntiaguda VS afilado

Question

Puntiaguda - sharp pointed, afilado, sharp...... What is the difference? Gracias.

Answer 1

Something can be sharp without being pointed.

Answer 2

Well, puntiaguda, it has a tip to it, that is a una punta aguda, a knife, but the end of the knife is meant.

Afilado, sharp, a knife, a pair of scissors, my tongue

Answer 3

the tip of a knife: pointy afilado is if that knife is sharp enough to cut easily something

Answer 4

Afilado, sharp, a knife, a pair of scissors, my tongue

Can afilado really be used figuratively Heidita? To describe a sharp tongue, or a sharp wit? Gracias.

Is anyone ever called aguda? As in Es muy aguda, like he is sharp witted? Tengo una lengua afilada, this works? Gracias.

Yes: "MI suegra tiene una lengua muy afilada. And yes, somebody can be "muy agudo(a)" if he/she is very sharp -but not afilado! - Gekkosan, May 17, 2011