Cutback vs Outback - What's the difference?
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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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(Australia) The most remote and desolate areas of Australia; the desert and areas too arid for growing crops.
* 1951' June, W. J. Banks, ''Flying Doctors of the '''Outback'' , ''The Rotarian ,
* 2000 , Shirley W. Gray, Australia ,
* 2002 , Erinn Banting. Australia: The People ,
* 2010 , Lonely Planet, BBC Earth, The Traveller?s Guide to Planet Earth ,
Characteristic of the most remote and desolate areas of Australia; very remote from urban areas.
* 1964 , Western Australian Parliament, Parliamentary Debates ,
* 1996 , David H. Bayley, Police for the Future ,
* 2002 , Andrew Swaffer, Katrina O'Brien, Darroch Donald, Australia: Handbook ,
* 2008 , Mike Keenan, The Shadows of Horses , Easyread Large Edition,
To or towards the most remote and desolate areas of Australia.
* 1953 , Western Australian Parliament, Parliamentary Debates ,
* 1984 , Australian Senate, Parliamentary Debates: Senate Weekly Hansard , Volume 3,
* 2012 , Andy Hughes, A Ringer?s Hands ,
As nouns the difference between cutback and outback
is that cutback is a reduction in an existing program of some sort while outback is (australia) the most remote and desolate areas of australia; the desert and areas too arid for growing crops.As an adjective outback is
characteristic of the most remote and desolate areas of australia; very remote from urban areas.As an adverb outback is
to or towards the most remote and desolate areas of australia.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. }}
outback
English
(wikipedia outback)Noun
(en-noun)page 23,
- Communication like this is making a big change in the lives of Australia?s “outback ” people.
page 31,
- In the outback , many people live and work on sheep and cattle ranches.
page 20,
- The outback ?s rich, red soil looked like blood because of all the iron in it, and the vast land was so still and barren that it seemed lifeless.
page 129,
- Astronomers consider the outback area around Alice Springs — with its low pollution, low humidity and few light sources — to be among the best star-gazing locations on earth.
Synonyms
* (the) bushAdjective
(en adjective)page 3081,
- the Civil Service Association is not particularly happy with the decision of the Government in regard to rents and the way they will be levied on its members in the more outback country areas.
page 70,
- In the Northern Territory, arguably the most outback of Australian states, police are still not armed.
page 215,
- From Bathurst the Mitchell Highway heads northwest through Dubbo and Bourke Nyngan then continues for almost 200 km to the most outback of towns Bourke.
page 135,
- We had a frosty meeting and he took me around to the AML&F Co?s staff officer, requesting a jackaroo position for me on the company?s most outback station in Queensland.
Adverb
(-)page 241,
- If we want this country to develop, we have to depend on men who are prepared to go outback and try to discover new shows.
page 1474,
- This has allowed Australians really to go outback in some reasonable comfort to see the attractions of this country.
page 10,
- Like me, the son was inspired to go outback , and when things went wrong for him the desert seemed like the perfect place to perish and decay, to get blown around on the wind.