Strong vs Pungent

Strong [ strɔŋ, strɒŋ ]

Strong may refer to:

• having, showing, or able to exert great bodily or muscular power; physically vigorous or robust a strong boy.
• accompanied or delivered by great physical, mechanical, etc., power or force a strong handshake;With one strong blow the machine stamped out a fender.
• mentally powerful or vigorous He may be old, but his mind is still strong.
• especially able, competent, or powerful in a specific field or respect She's very strong in mathematics.He's weak at bat, but he's a strong fielder.
• of great moral power, firmness, or courage strong under temptation.
• powerful in influence, authority, resources, or means of prevailing or succeeding a strong nation.
• aggressive; willful a strong personality.
• of great force, effectiveness, potency, or cogency; compelling strong reasons;strong arguments.
• clear and firm; loud He has a strong voice.
• solid or stable; healthy; thriving The banker predicted a strong economy.

Pungent [ ˈpʌn dʒənt ]

Pungency is the condition of having a strong, sharp smell or flavor. It refers to the characteristic of food commonly referred to as spiciness, hotness or heat,[4][5] found in foods such as chili peppers. Highly pungent tastes may be experienced as unpleasant.

• sharply affecting the organs of taste or smell, as if by a penetrating power; biting; acrid.
• acutely distressing to the feelings or mind; poignant.
• caustic, biting, or sharply expressive pungent remarks.
• mentally stimulating or appealing pungent wit.
• Biology.
• piercing or sharp-pointed.
• having an acrid smell or sharp bitter flavour
• (of wit, satire, etc) biting; caustic
• biology
• ending in a sharp point

• able
• active
• athletic
• big
• capable
• durable
• energetic
• firm
• forceful
• heavy

• acid
• acrid
• aromatic
• bitter
• peppery
• piquant
• poignant
• salty
• sharp
• sour

• broken
• delicate
• easy
• feeble
• fragile
• idle
• impotent
• inactive
• indefinite
• ineffective

• blah
• bland
• blunt
• calm
• cheerful
• dull
• good
• happy
• kind
• mild

• 1. Strong reasons make strong actions.
• 2. The battle is to the strong. 
• 3. Weak men wait for opportunity, but the strong men make it. 
• 4. No matter how strong you are how notable your attainments, you have endruring significance only in your relationship to others. 
• 5. A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. 
• 6. One good head is better than a hundred strong hands. 
• 7. Truth is honest, truth is sure; Truth is strong and must endure. 
• 8. The strong wind hurled down bits of the roof.
• 9. I think I'm strong enough to lose so desperate.
• 10. I'm a strong believer in the capitalist system.

• (1) The taste is bitter and disagreeably pungent.
• (2) Youth is like a war,a pungent warm.
• (3) The pungent, choking smell of sulphur filled the air.
• (4) The more herbs you use, the more pungent the sauce will be.
• (5) I sat down to a cup of wonderfully pungent Turkish coffee.
• (6) Nearby was a factory which exuded a pungent smell.
• (7) The air was pungent with the smell of spices.
• (8) This is the pungent and original argument.
• (9) He enjoyed the play's shrewd and pungent social analysis.
• (10) He expressed some fairly pungent criticisms.