different between severe vs cutting

English

Etymology

From Middle French, from Latin severus (“severe, serious, grave in demeanor”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /s??v??/ (US) IPA^(key): /s??v?r/
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Adjective

severe (comparative severer or more severe, superlative severest or most severe)

1. Very bad or intense.
2. Strict or harsh.

   a severe taskmaster

3. Sober, plain in appearance, austere.

   a severe old maiden aunt

Synonyms

Antonyms

• (very bad or intense): mild
• (very bad or intense): minor
• (strict or harsh): lenient

Derived terms

• severely (adverb)
• severity (noun)
• severeness (noun)

Translations

Further reading

• severe in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• severe in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• severe at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Reeves, everse, reeves, servee

Esperanto

Adverb

severe

1. severely

Related terms

• severa

Italian

Adjective

severe

1. feminine plural of severo

Latin

Verb

s?v?re

1. third-person plural perfect active indicative of ser?

Adjective

sev?re

1. vocative masculine singular of sev?rus

References

• severe in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• severe in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• severe in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

severe (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. vocative singular of sever

English

Etymology

From cut +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?k?t??/
• Rhymes: -?t??
• Hyphenation: cut?ting

Noun

cutting (countable and uncountable, plural cuttings)

1. (countable, uncountable) The action of the verb to cut.
2. (countable) A section removed from a larger whole.
   1. (countable) A newspaper clipping.
   2. (countable, horticulture) A leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant.
3. (countable) An abridged selection of written work, often intended for performance.

4. (countable, Britain) An open passage at a level lower than the surrounding terrain, dug for a canal, railway, or road to go through.

   Synonym: cut

   Antonym: embankment
5. (uncountable, cinematography, sound engineering) The editing of film or other recordings.
6. (uncountable, machining) The process of bringing metals to a desired shape by chipping away the unwanted material.
7. (uncountable, psychology) The act of cutting one's own skin as a symptom of a mental disorder; self-harm.

Derived terms

• cost cutting, cost-cutting

Translations

Adjective

cutting (not comparable)

1. That is used for cutting.
2. Piercing, sharp.
3. Of criticism, remarks, etc.: (potentially) hurtful.
4. (India) Of a beverage: half-sized.

Hyponyms

• cross-cutting

Translations

Verb

cutting

1. present participle of cut

References

Further reading

• cut (earthmoving) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• cutting on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• cutting (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• cutting (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia