Chilling vs Cutting - What's the difference?
chilling | cutting | Related terms |
Becoming cold.
* 1936 , Djuna Barnes, Nightwood , Faber & Faber 2007, p. 22:
Causing cold.
Causing mild fear.
* 22 March 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/]
The act by which something is chilled.
* 2004 , Timothy D. J. Chappell, Reading Plato's Theaetetus (page 73)
(countable, uncountable) The action of the verb to cut .
(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.
(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.
(not comparable) That is used for cutting.
Of remarks, criticism, etc., potentially hurtful.
Chilling is a related term of cutting.
As adjectives the difference between chilling and cutting
is that chilling is becoming cold while cutting is (not comparable) that is used for cutting.As verbs the difference between chilling and cutting
is that chilling is while cutting is .As nouns the difference between chilling and cutting
is that chilling is the act by which something is chilled while cutting is (countable|uncountable) the action of the verb to cut .chilling
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- As they reached the street the ‘Duchess’ caught a swirling hem of lace about her chilling ankles.
- It was a chilling story, but the children enjoyed it
- Displaying a sturdy professionalism throughout that stops just short of artistry, director Gary Ross, who co-scripted with Collins and Billy Ray, does his strongest work in the early scenes, which set up the stakes with chilling efficiency.
Verb
(head)Derived terms
* bone-chillingNoun
(en noun)- To such perceivings we give names like these: seeings, hearings, smellings, chillings and burnings, pleasures and pains, desires
cutting
English
Verb
(head)Noun
- How many different cuttings can this movie undergo?
- The actor had to make his ''cutting'' shorter to fit the audition time.
Synonyms
* (narrow passage for a transportation route) cutAdjective
(en adjective)- I need some sort of cutting utensil to get through this shrink wrap.
- The director gave the auditioning actors cutting criticism.