As verbs the difference between shear and snips
is that
shear is to cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears while
snips is third-person singular of snip.
As nouns the difference between shear and snips
is that
shear is a cutting tool similar to scissors, but often larger while
snips is plural of lang=en.
As an adjective shear
is misspelling of lang=en.