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Sawing vs Cutting - What's the difference?

sawing | cutting |

As verbs the difference between sawing and cutting

is that sawing is present participle of lang=en while cutting is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between sawing and cutting

is that sawing is a shaving or fragment of sawn material while cutting is the action of the verb to cut.

As an adjective cutting is

that is used for cutting.

sawing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mostly, plural) A shaving or fragment of sawn material.
  • * 1892 , The Journal of Analytical and Applied Chemistry (volume 6, page 388)
    • We find that from a sample of sawings of the usual size a button or small bar fairly representing the sample can be cast from about 2,000 grains.

    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.