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Chilling vs Cutting - What's the difference?

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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)
  • Becoming cold.
  • * 1936 , Djuna Barnes, Nightwood , Faber & Faber 2007, p. 22:
  • As they reached the street the ‘Duchess’ caught a swirling hem of lace about her chilling ankles.
  • Causing cold.
  • Causing mild fear.
  • It was a chilling story, but the children enjoyed it
  • * 22 March 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/]
  • 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-chilling

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is chilled.
  • * 2004 , Timothy D. J. Chappell, Reading Plato's Theaetetus (page 73)
  • To such perceivings we give names like these: seeings, hearings, smellings, chillings and burnings, pleasures and pains, desires

    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.