Secateurs vs Scissor - What's the difference?
secateurs | scissor |
(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 .
To cut using, or as if using scissors.
To excise or expunge something from a text.
To move something like a pair of scissors, especially the legs.
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.
As nouns the difference between secateurs and scissor
is that secateurs is while scissor is (rare) one blade on a pair of scissors.As a verb scissor is
to cut using, or as if using scissors.secateurs
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Synonyms
* pruning shearsReferences
* The Chambers Dictionary , 1998. ISBN 0-550-14000-Xscissor
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Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* scissor kick * scissor sister * scissor tackle * scissorbill * scissorlike * scissorwiseVerb
(en verb)- The erroneous testimony was scissored from the record.
- ''The runner scissored over the hurdles.