Shaving vs Shave - What's the difference?
shaving | shave |
To make bald by using a tool such as a razor or pair of electric clippers to cut the hair close to the skin.
To cut anything in this fashion.
To remove hair from one's face by this means.
To cut finely, as with slices of meat.
To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing.
* Milton
* 1899 ,
(archaic) To be hard and severe in a bargain with; to practice extortion on; to cheat.
(US, slang, dated, transitive) To buy (a note) at a discount greater than the legal rate of interest, or to deduct in discounting it more than the legal rate allows.
An instance of shaving.
A thin slice; a shaving.
(US, slang, dated) An exorbitant discount on a note.
(US, slang, dated) A premium paid for an extension of the time of delivery or payment, or for the right to vary a stock contract in any particular.
A hand tool consisting of a sharp blade with a handle at each end; a spokeshave.
As nouns the difference between shaving and shave
is that shaving is a thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material while shave is an instance of shaving.As verbs the difference between shaving and shave
is that shaving is present participle of lang=en while shave is to make bald by using a tool such as a razor or pair of electric clippers to cut the hair close to the skin.shave
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) shaven, schaven, from (etyl) , (etyl) skafa.Verb
- The labourer with the bending scythe is seen / Shaving the surface of the waving green.
- I had little time to shave this morning.
- Now shaves with level wing the deep.
Derived terms
* aftershave * reshave * shave brush / shaving brush * shaving bump * shave cream / shaving cream * shave foam / shaving foam * shave down * shave off * shaveling * unshavedEtymology 2
(etyl) sceafaNoun
(en noun)- I instructed the barber to give me a shave .
- (Wright)
