Nasty vs Cutting - What's the difference?

Nasty is a related term of cutting.

As adjectives the difference between nasty and cutting

is that nasty is while cutting is (not comparable) that is used for cutting.

As nouns the difference between nasty and cutting

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

As a verb cutting is

nasty

English

Adjective

(er)

*2006 , Marie Fontaine, The Chronicles of my Ghetto Street Volume One , p. 156:

*:I really don't have any friends at school Mama Mia. They talk about me all the time. They say my hair's nappy and my clothes are nasty .

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Contemptible, unpleasant (of a person).

*1897 , (Bram Stoker), Dracula :

*:Jonathan kept staring at him, till I was afraid he would notice. I feared he might take it ill, he looked so fierce and nasty .

Objectionable, unpleasant (of a thing); repellent, offensive.

*1838 , (Charles Dickens), Oliver Twist :

*:‘It's a nasty trade,’ said Mr. Limbkins, when Gamfield had again stated his wish.

Indecent or offensive; obscene, lewd.

*1933 , (Dorothy L Sayers), Murder Must Advertise :

*:He said to Mr. Tallboy he thought the headline was a bit hot. And Mr. Tallboy said he had a nasty mind.

*2009 , Okera H, Be Your Priority, Not His Option , Mill City Press 2009, p. 45:

*:We want threesomes, blowjobs, and orgies. That's just the way it is. We want the good girl who's nasty in bed.

Spiteful, unkind.

*2012 , The Guardian , 3 Jun 2012:

*:She had said: "I love the block button on Twitter. I don't know how people expect to send a nasty comment and not get blocked."

*2007 , The Observer , 5 Aug 2007:

*:There was a nasty period during the First World War when the family's allegiance was called into question - not least because one of the Schroders had been made a baron by the Kaiser.

*2012 , James Ball, The Guardian , 2 Mar 2012:

*:Moving into the middle ages, William the Conqueror managed to rout the English and rule the country, then see off numerous plots and assassination attempts, before his horse did for him in a nasty fall, killing him at 60.

Noun

(nasties)

(lb) Something nasty.

Processed foods are full of aspartame and other nasties .

This video game involves flying through a maze zapping various nasties .

Sexual intercourse.

Derived terms

* do the nasty * nastygram * video nasty

Anagrams

* (l), (l), (l)

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.