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Snips vs Scissor - What's the difference?

snips | scissor |

As nouns the difference between snips and scissor

is that snips is while scissor is (rare) one blade on a pair of scissors.

As verbs the difference between snips and scissor

is that snips is (snip) while scissor is to cut using, or as if using scissors.

snips

English

Noun

(head)
  • shears; hand tools used to cut sheet metal and other tough webs
  • Derived terms

    * tinsnips

    Verb

    (head)
  • (snip)
  • Anagrams

    * spins

    scissor

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rare) One blade on a pair of scissors.
  • (noun adjunct) Used in certain noun phrases to denote a thing resembling the action of scissors, as scissor kick'', ''scissor hold'' (wrestling), ''scissor jack .
  • Derived terms

    * scissor kick * scissor sister * scissor tackle * scissorbill * scissorlike * scissorwise

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cut using, or as if using scissors.
  • To excise or expunge something from a text.
  • The erroneous testimony was scissored from the record.
  • To move something like a pair of scissors, especially the legs.
  • ''The runner scissored over the hurdles.
  • To engage in scissoring (tribadism), a sexual act in which two women intertwine their legs and rub their vulvas against each other.
  • (skating) To skate with one foot significantly in front of the other.