Corrosive vs Cutting - What's the difference?
corrosive | cutting | Related terms |
Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, hanging, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as the corrosive action of an acid.
Having the quality of fretting or vexing.
* Shakespeare
destroying or undermining something gradually
That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually.
Any solid, liquid or gas capable of irreparably harming living tissues or damaging material on contact.
(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.
Corrosive is a related term of cutting.
As adjectives the difference between corrosive and cutting
is that corrosive is eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, hanging, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as the corrosive action of an acid while cutting is (not comparable) that is used for cutting.As nouns the difference between corrosive and cutting
is that corrosive is that which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually while cutting is (countable|uncountable) the action of the verb to cut .As a verb cutting is
.corrosive
English
(wikipedia corrosive)Adjective
(en adjective)- Care is no cure, but corrosive .
Noun
(en noun)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.