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Curtailment vs Pruning - What's the difference?

curtailment | pruning |

As nouns the difference between curtailment and pruning

is that curtailment is the act of curtailing while pruning is a removal of excess material from a tree or shrub.

As a verb pruning is

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curtailment

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of curtailing

    • pruning

    English

    Noun

  • A removal of excess material from a tree or shrub.
  • (countable) Something obtained by pruning, as a twig.
  • (computer science) A method of enumeration that allows the cutting out of parts of a decision tree.

    • Derived terms

    * alpha-beta pruning

    Verb

    (head)