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Shortening vs Pruning - What's the difference?

shortening | pruning |

As nouns the difference between shortening and pruning

is that shortening is solid fat, such as butter, lard or hydrogenated vegetable oil, used to make shortcrust pastry while pruning is a removal of excess material from a tree or shrub.

As verbs the difference between shortening and pruning

is that shortening is while pruning is .

shortening

English

(wikipedia shortening)

Noun

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

    • Verb

    (head)

    • pruning

    English

    Noun

  • A removal of excess material from a tree or shrub.
  • (countable) Something obtained by pruning, as a twig.
  • (computer science) A method of enumeration that allows the cutting out of parts of a decision tree.

    • Derived terms

    * alpha-beta pruning

    Verb

    (head)