Cutback vs Curtail - What's the difference?
cutback | curtail |
A reduction in an existing program of some sort.
(surfing) Maneuver where the surfer turns and surfs back towards where the wave is breaking.
(roofing) Solvent-thinned bitumen used in cold process roofing adhesives, cements and coatings.
(soccer) An offensive pass played into a position further from the attacking goal line.
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(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.
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As nouns the difference between cutback and curtail
is that cutback is a reduction in an existing program of some sort while curtail is (architecture) a scroll termination, as of a step, etc.As a verb curtail is
(obsolete) to cut short the tail of an animal.cutback
English
Noun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=Lee Barnard swung at Chaplow's cutback and missed completely and then was just too far away to connect with Harding's flashing ball across the face of goal. }}
curtail
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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.
