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Censorious vs Cutting - What's the difference?

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Censorious is a related term of cutting.


As adjectives the difference between censorious and cutting

is that censorious is addicted to censure and scolding; apt to blame or condemn; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners while cutting is (not comparable) that is used for cutting.

As a verb cutting is

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As a noun cutting is

(countable|uncountable) the action of the verb to cut .

censorious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Addicted to censure and scolding; apt to blame or condemn; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners.
  • * 2013 , Holly Baxter, Is masturbating in public a laughing matter?'' (in ''The Guardian , 20 September 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/20/masturbating-public-laughing-matter-sweden]
    • Elsewhere in Sweden recently, two underage girls pressed charges when a teenage boy exposed himself to them at a lake. The court decided, despite the victims' testimonies, that the offence was "not of a sexual nature" and dismissed it. But I'm guessing the girls didn't push for molestation charges because they were censorious prudes who would grow into knowing how to take such behaviour on the chin – they felt genuinely threatened, they took their concerns to court, and they deserved more than being told that they'd misread the situation all along.
  • Implying or expressing censure.
  • * censorious remarks

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    cutting

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

  • (countable, uncountable) The action of the verb to cut .
    • How many different cuttings can this movie undergo?
  • (countable) A section removed from the larger whole.
  • (countable) A newspaper clipping.
  • (countable) A leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant.
  • (countable) An abridged selection of written work, often intended for performance.
    • The actor had to make his ''cutting'' shorter to fit the audition time.
  • (uncountable) The editing of film or other recordings.
  • (uncountable) Self-harm; the act of cutting one's own skin.
  • (countable) A narrow passage, dug for a road, railway or canal to go through.
  • *1876 , , Journey by Train :
  • *:WE flash across the level.
  • *:We thunder thro' the bridges.
  • *:We bicker down the cuttings .
  • *:We sway along the ridges.

    • Synonyms

    * (narrow passage for a transportation route) cut

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (not comparable) That is used for cutting.
    • I need some sort of cutting utensil to get through this shrink wrap.
  • Of remarks, criticism, etc., potentially hurtful.
    • The director gave the auditioning actors cutting criticism.