Curtail vs Nosedive - What's the difference?
curtail | nosedive |
(obsolete) To cut short the tail of an animal
To shorten or abridge the duration of something; to truncate.
(figuratively) To limit or restrict, keep in check.
* Macaulay
As verbs the difference between curtail and nosedive
is that curtail is to cut short the tail of an animal while nosedive is to dive down in a steep angle.As nouns the difference between curtail and nosedive
is that curtail is a scroll termination, as of a step, etc while nosedive is a headfirst fall or jump.curtail
English
Verb
(en verb)- ''Curtailing horses procured long horse-hair.
- When the audience grew restless, the speaker curtailed her speech.
- Their efforts to curtail spending didn't quite succeed.
- Our incomes have been curtailed ; his salary has been doubled.