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Cutoff vs Amputation - What's the difference?

cutoff | amputation |

As nouns the difference between cutoff and amputation

is that cutoff is the point at which something terminates or to which it is limited while amputation is surgical removal of all or part of a limb, etc.

cutoff

English

Alternative forms

* cut-off

Noun

(en noun)
  • The point at which something terminates or to which it is limited.
  • A road, path of channel that provides a shorter or quicker path; a shortcut.
  • A device that stops the flow of a current.
  • A cessation in a flow or activity.
  • (poker) The player who acts directly before the player on the preflop in Texas hold 'em.
  • (chiefly, in the plural) shorts made by cutting off the legs from trousers

    • Anagrams

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    amputation

    English

    (wikipedia amputation)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • surgical removal of all or part of a limb, etc.
  • the loss of a limb, etc. through trauma

    • See also

    * acrotomophilia * apotemnophilia * apotemnophobia