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Example:The chef preferred to use a sharp knife for cutting vegetables and a blunter one for chopping meat.

Definition:The condition of being not sharp; having a blunt edge or point.

Example:His approach used extreme mildness to achieve the desired result without causing distress.

Definition:Forbearance or consideration shown in inflicting a punishment or pain, or in the behaviour or manners one adopts; gentleness or mildness, especially in temper or action.