Scoring vs Cutting - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between scoring and cutting

is that scoring is of something or someone that scores while cutting is that is used for cutting.

is that scoring is the process of keeping score in a sport or contest while cutting is the action of the verb to cut.

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

Of something or someone that scores.

The highest scoring team will win the match.

(en noun)

The process of keeping score in a sport or contest.

The scoring of a tennis match is overseen by a single referee.

The process of winning points in a sport or contest.

Scoring a basket in basketball is worth two or three points.

The action of scratching paper or other material to make it easier to fold.

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(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.

* (narrow passage for a transportation route) cut

(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.