Takeoff vs Cutoff - What's the difference?
takeoff | cutoff |
The rising or ascent of an aircraft or rocket into flight.
A parody or lampoon of someone or something.
*1897 , Edward Bellamy, Equality ,
*:I came across a little pamphlet of the period, yellow and almost undecipherable, which, on examination, I found to be a rather amusing skit or satirical take-off on the profit system.
A quantification, especially of building materials.
The point at which something terminates or to which it is limited.
A road, path of channel that provides a shorter or quicker path; a shortcut.
A device that stops the flow of a current.
A cessation in a flow or activity.
(poker) The player who acts directly before the player on the preflop in Texas hold 'em.
(chiefly, in the plural) shorts made by cutting off the legs from trousers
As nouns the difference between takeoff and cutoff
is that takeoff is the rising or ascent of an aircraft or rocket into flight while cutoff is the point at which something terminates or to which it is limited.takeoff
English
Alternative forms
* take-offNoun
(wikipedia takeoff) (en noun)- The flight was smooth, but the takeoff was a little rough.
- song "Lasagna" is a takeoff on the popular song "La Bamba".
- I'll give you an estimate after I do the quantity takeoffs for the trusses and structural steel.