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Cutting vs Splitting - What's the difference?

cutting | splitting |

As verbs the difference between cutting and splitting

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

As nouns the difference between cutting and splitting

is that cutting is the action of the verb to cut while splitting is an instance where something splits.

As adjectives the difference between cutting and splitting

is that cutting is that is used for cutting while splitting is resembling the sound of something being split or ripped.

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.

    splitting

    English

    (wikipedia splitting)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An instance where something .
  • (psychology) A division in the mind, or affecting one's sense of self.
  • * 2007 , Brett Kahr, Sex and the Psyche , Penguin 2008, p. 308:
    • In other words, something troubling, such as being discovered in the toilets in a shaming way, can be both remembered and also pushed to the periphery of consciousness, a process that psychotherapists refer to as ‘splitting ’.
  • (chemistry) The cleavage of a covalent bond.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling the sound of something being split or ripped.
  • Severe.
    • I have a splitting headache.

    Verb

    (head)