Wound vs Cutting - What's the difference?
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Wound is a related term of cutting. As nouns the difference between wound and cutting is that wound is an injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body while cutting is (countable|uncountable) the action of the verb to cut . As verbs the difference between wound and cutting is that wound is to hurt or injure (someone) by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skin or wound can be ( wind) while cutting is . As an adjective cutting is (not comparable) that is used for cutting.
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wound English
Etymology 1
Noun from (etyl) wund, from (etyl) .
Noun
( en noun)
An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.
* 2013 , Phil McNulty, "[http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23830980]", BBC Sport , 1 September 2013:
- The visitors were without Wayne Rooney after he suffered a head wound in training, which also keeps him out of England's World Cup qualifiers against Moldova and Ukraine.
* Shakespeare
- Showers of blood / Rained from the wounds of slaughtered Englishmen.
* 1883:
- I went below, and did what I could for my wound ; it pained me a good deal, and still bled freely; but it was neither deep nor dangerous, nor did it greatly gall me when I used my arm.
(figuratively) A hurt to a person's feelings, reputation, etc.
- It took a long time to get over the wound of that insult.
An injury to a person by which the skin is divided or its continuity broken.
Derived terms
* dirty wound
* entry wound
* exit wound
* flesh wound
* rub salt in the wound
* suck one's wounds
* time heals all wounds
Verb
( en verb)
To hurt or injure (someone) by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skin.
- The police officer wounded the suspect during the fight that ensued.
To hurt (a person's feelings).
- The actor's pride was wounded when the leading role went to his rival.
Synonyms
* (injure) hurt, injure
* offend
Etymology 2
See (Etymology 2)
Verb
( head)
(wind)
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English heteronyms
English irregular past participles
English irregular simple past forms
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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.
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