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Outwork vs Cutwork - What's the difference?

outwork | cutwork |

As nouns the difference between outwork and cutwork

is that outwork is a minor, subsidiary fortification built beyond the main limits of fortification while cutwork is a form of embroidery in which intervening fabric is cut away.

As a verb outwork

is to work out to a finish; to complete.

outwork

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (rare) To work out to a finish; to complete.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.vii:
    • For now three dayes of men were full outwrought , / Since he this hardie enterprize began [...].
  • To work faster or harder than.

    • Noun

    (wikipedia outwork) (en noun)
  • A minor, subsidiary fortification built beyond the main limits of fortification.

    • Anagrams

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    cutwork

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia cutwork)
  • A form of embroidery in which intervening fabric is cut away