Downsize vs Undercut - What's the difference?
downsize | undercut |
To reduce in size or number.
To reduce the workforce of.
To terminate the employment of.
A cut made in the lower part of something; the material so removed.
The notch cut in a tree to direct its fall when being felled.
The underside of a sirloin of beef; the fillet.
A hairstyle that is shaved or clipped short on the sides and kept long on the top.
To sell (something) at a lower price, or to work for lower wages, than a competitor.
To create an overhang by cutting away material from underneath.
To undermine.
* July 18 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Rises [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-dark-knight-rises-review-batman,82624/]
As verbs the difference between downsize and undercut
is that downsize is to reduce in size or number while undercut is to sell (something) at a lower price, or to work for lower wages, than a competitor.As a noun undercut is
a cut made in the lower part of something; the material so removed.downsize
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Verb
(downsiz)- Joe and Edna moved to a bungalow after deciding to downsize when the children had left home.
- The company chose to downsize by laying off half of its workers.
- They downsized the division by offering attractive early-retirement packages and selling off an office building.
- Joe got downsized and became a plumber.
Synonyms
* See alsoundercut
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Noun
(en noun)Verb
- Though Bane’s sing-song voice gives his pronouncements a funny lilt, he doesn’t have any of the Joker’s deranged wit, and Nolan isn’t interested in undercutting his seriousness for the sake of a breezier entertainment.
