Curtail vs Undercut - What's the difference?
curtail | undercut |
(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
A cut made in the lower part of something; the material so removed.
The notch cut in a tree to direct its fall when being felled.
The underside of a sirloin of beef; the fillet.
A hairstyle that is shaved or clipped short on the sides and kept long on the top.
To sell (something) at a lower price, or to work for lower wages, than a competitor.
To create an overhang by cutting away material from underneath.
To undermine.
* July 18 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Rises [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-dark-knight-rises-review-batman,82624/]
As verbs the difference between curtail and undercut
is that curtail is (obsolete) to cut short the tail of an animal while undercut is to sell (something) at a lower price, or to work for lower wages, than a competitor.As nouns the difference between curtail and undercut
is that curtail is (architecture) a scroll termination, as of a step, etc while undercut is a cut made in the lower part of something; the material so removed.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.
Synonyms
* (animal's tail) crop, dock * shorten * behedge, control, limit, restrainDerived terms
* curtailer * curtailmentAnagrams
*undercut
English
Noun
(en noun)Verb
- Though Bane’s sing-song voice gives his pronouncements a funny lilt, he doesn’t have any of the Joker’s deranged wit, and Nolan isn’t interested in undercutting his seriousness for the sake of a breezier entertainment.
