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Cropping vs Shearing - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between cropping and shearing

is that cropping is present participle of lang=en while shearing is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between cropping and shearing

is that cropping is 1905, Waldemar Lindgren, The Copper Deposits of the Clifton-Morenci District, Arizona (page 207 while shearing is the act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.

As an adjective shearing is

tending to cut or tear.

cropping

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mining)
  • * 1905 , Waldemar Lindgren, The Copper Deposits of the Clifton-Morenci District, Arizona (page 207)
    • Their croppings are either entirely barren or contain only a moderate amount of copper, but much richer ore is ordinarily found just above the chalcocite zone.
  • * 1912 , John Mason Boutwell, ?Lester Hood Woolsey, Geology and ore deposits of the Park City district, Utah (page 121)
    • The cropping of the Quincy ore-bearing bed, the equivalent of the Daly West bed, is stated to have been found at the east end of the present mine and just below the present wagon road.

    shearing

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Tending to cut or tear.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Anagrams

    * *

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.
  • The product of the act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine.
    • the whole shearing''' of a flock; the '''shearings from cloth
  • .
    • (Youatt)
  • (Scotland) The act or operation of reaping.
  • The act or operation of dividing with shears.
    • the shearing of metal plates
  • The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.
  • (mining) The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal.
    • (Webster 1913)