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Shortening vs Clipped - What's the difference?

shortening | clipped |

As verbs the difference between shortening and clipped

is that shortening is present participle of lang=en while clipped is past tense of clip.

As a noun shortening

is solid fat, such as butter, lard or hydrogenated vegetable oil, used to make shortcrust pastry.

As an adjective clipped is

having an end cut off; trimmed or cut back.

shortening

English

(wikipedia shortening)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Solid fat, such as butter, lard or hydrogenated vegetable oil, used to make shortcrust pastry.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • clipped

    English

    Alternative forms

    * clipt

    Verb

    (head)
  • (clip)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Having an end cut off; trimmed or cut back.
  • (of speech) With each word pronounced separately and distinctly.
  • (informal) Circumcised.
  • * 1999 , Ben Edward Akerley, The X-Rated Bible: An Irreverent Survey of Sex in the Scriptures , Feral House (1999), ISBN 9780922915552, page 102:
    • After all, Jehovah had instituted the rite of circumcision in which the clipped penis became consecrated to him,
  • *

    • Synonyms

    *(circumcised) see also .