Cutback vs Shortage - What's the difference?
cutback | shortage |
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.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=January 29
, author=Ian Hughes
, title=Southampton 1 - 2 Man Utd
, work=BBC
A lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount.
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As nouns the difference between cutback and shortage
is that cutback is a reduction in an existing program of some sort while shortage is a lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount.cutback
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(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. }}
shortage
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(wikipedia shortage) (en noun)Yesterday’s fuel, passage=The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania.