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Cuts vs Cutting - What's the difference?

cuts | cutting |

As nouns the difference between cuts and cutting

is that cuts is while cutting is (countable|uncountable) the action of the verb to cut .

As verbs the difference between cuts and cutting

is that cuts is (cut) while cutting is .

As an adjective cutting is

(not comparable) that is used for cutting.

cuts

English

Noun

(head)
  • Corporal punishment at school.
  • * 1995 , Bill Marsh, Ape'', ''Old Yanconian Daze , page 110,
    • ‘I?ll give you something to keep you awake, McFadyen!’ Ape shouted.
    Meat was taken off to the staff room and given the cuts .
  • * 2001 , Lyall Ford, Poorhouse to Paradise: The Adventures of a Pioneering Family in a North Queensland Country Town , page 55,
    • He reckons that about 80% of the boys in the school regularly received the cuts from Mr Saunders so he didn?t feel as if he was being unduly picked on.
  • * 2008 , Gaynor McGrath, Lemniscate , page 250,
    • My greatest happiness is that Sebastian is having a good time at school and has never been given the cuts .

    Verb

    (head)
  • (cut)

    • Anagrams

    * *

    cutting

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

  • (countable, uncountable) The action of the verb to cut .
    • How many different cuttings can this movie undergo?
  • (countable) A section removed from the larger whole.
  • (countable) A newspaper clipping.
  • (countable) A leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant.
  • (countable) An abridged selection of written work, often intended for performance.
    • The actor had to make his ''cutting'' shorter to fit the audition time.
  • (uncountable) The editing of film or other recordings.
  • (uncountable) Self-harm; the act of cutting one's own skin.
  • (countable) A narrow passage, dug for a road, railway or canal to go through.
  • *1876 , , Journey by Train :
  • *:WE flash across the level.
  • *:We thunder thro' the bridges.
  • *:We bicker down the cuttings .
  • *:We sway along the ridges.

    • Synonyms

    * (narrow passage for a transportation route) cut

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (not comparable) That is used for cutting.
    • I need some sort of cutting utensil to get through this shrink wrap.
  • Of remarks, criticism, etc., potentially hurtful.
    • The director gave the auditioning actors cutting criticism.