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Tape vs Scissors - What's the difference?

tape | scissors |

As nouns the difference between tape and scissors

is that tape is stone while scissors is (countable|plural in form|usually|with a plural verb) a tool used for cutting thin material, consisting of two crossing blades attached at a pivot point in such a way that the blades slide across each other when the handles are closed.

As a verb scissors is

(scissor).

tape

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape.
    • Hand me some tape . I need to fix a tear in this paper.
  • Thin and flat paper, plastic or similar flexible material, usually produced in the form of a roll.
    • After the party there was tape all over the place.
  • Finishing tape, stretched across a track to mark the end of a race.
    • Jones broke the tape in 47.77 seconds, a new world record.
  • Magnetic or optical recording media in a roll; videotape or audio tape.
    • Did you get that on tape ?
  • Unthinking, patterned response triggered by a particular stimulus
    • Old couples sometimes will play tapes at each other during a fight.
  • (trading , from ticker tape) The series of prices at which a financial instrument trades.
    • Don’t fight the tape .
  • (ice hockey) The wrapping of the primary puck-handling surface of a hockey stick
    • His pass was right on the tape .

    Derived terms

    (Derived terms) * adhesive tape * cassette tape * cut red tape * double-sided tape * duck tape * duck tape * duct tape * gaffer tape * gray tape * magnetic tape * masking tape * on tape * police tape * red tape * scotch tape * Sellotape * sex tape * tale of the tape * tapeworm * tape measure * tape recorder * ticker tape * sticky tape * video tape

    Verb

  • To bind with adhesive tape.
    • Can you tape that together, please?
  • To record, particularly onto magnetic tape.
    • You shouldn’t have said that. The microphone was on and we were taping.
  • (informal, passive) To understand, figure out.
    • I've finally got this thing taped.

    Related terms

    * roll tape * tape off

    Anagrams

    * * * ----

    scissors

    English

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • (countable, plural in form, usually, with a plural verb) A tool used for cutting thin material, consisting of two crossing blades attached at a pivot point in such a way that the blades slide across each other when the handles are closed.
    • Those scissors are sharp. (indicating singular or plural scissors)
    That scissors is sharp. (less commonly to indicate singular scissors)
    Scissors are used to cut the flowers.
    Use a scissors to cut them if you don't have proper shears.
  • *
  • (countable, rugby) An attacking move conducted by two players; the player without the ball runs from one side of the ball carrier, behind the ball carrier, and receives a pass from the ball carrier on the other side.
    • They executed a perfect scissors .
  • (countable, skating) A method of skating with one foot significantly in front of the other.
  • (countable, gymnastics) An exercise in which the legs are switched back and forth, suggesting the motion of scissors.
  • (countable, wrestling) A scissors hold.

    • Usage notes

    * "A pair of scissors" is preferred to "a scissors" by about a four-to-one margin in the US (COCA). * "The scissors" is preferred to "the scissor" by about a thirty-to-one margin in the US (COCA).

    Synonyms

    * (tool used for cutting) pair of scissors * (rugby) switch

    Derived terms

    Verb

    (head)
  • (scissor)
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