Pare vs Skive - What's the difference?
pare | skive |
to remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife
to reduce, diminish or trim gradually something as if by cutting off
to trim the hoof of a horse
The iron lap used by diamond polishers in finishing the facets of the gem.
* 2009 , Nicoline van der Sijs, Cookies, Coleslaw, and Stoops: The Influence of Dutch on the North American Languages ,
To pare or shave off the rough or thick parts of (hides or leather).
(British) To avoid one's lessons or, sometimes, work. Chiefly at school or university.
* 2006 , The Economist,
a disc (UK) or disk (US)
a washer (small disc with a hole in the middle )
a slice (e.g. slice of bread )
As verbs the difference between pare and skive
is that pare is to remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife while skive is to pare or shave off the rough or thick parts of (hides or leather).As a noun skive is
the iron lap used by diamond polishers in finishing the facets of the gem.pare
English
Verb
(par)- We pared the paired pears.
- Albert had to pare his options down by disregarding anything beyond his meager budget.
Synonyms
* to peel * to skinDerived terms
* cheeseparing * parer * paring * paring knife * pare away * pare down * pare offAnagrams
* ----skive
English
Noun
(en noun)page 93
- Thus, American diamond cutters would talk of a skive (after Dutch schijf ), where their British colleagues would say disk or wheel.
Verb
(skiv)Young offenders: Arrested development
- Truancies, rather bewilderingly, have risen among children on the programme; the government hopes this is because children skive more as they get older.
