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Cutting vs Cropping - What's the difference?

cutting | cropping |

As verbs the difference between cutting and cropping

is that cutting is present participle of lang=en while cropping is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between cutting and cropping

is that cutting is the action of the verb to cut while cropping is 1905, Waldemar Lindgren, The Copper Deposits of the Clifton-Morenci District, Arizona (page 207.

As an adjective cutting

is that is used for cutting.

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.

    cropping

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mining)
  • * 1905 , Waldemar Lindgren, The Copper Deposits of the Clifton-Morenci District, Arizona (page 207)
    • Their croppings are either entirely barren or contain only a moderate amount of copper, but much richer ore is ordinarily found just above the chalcocite zone.
  • * 1912 , John Mason Boutwell, ?Lester Hood Woolsey, Geology and ore deposits of the Park City district, Utah (page 121)
    • The cropping of the Quincy ore-bearing bed, the equivalent of the Daly West bed, is stated to have been found at the east end of the present mine and just below the present wagon road.