clipping vs pruning

clipping and pruning both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
clipping	Yes	No	No	No
pruning	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, pruning is a hyponym of clipping; that is, pruning is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than clipping:

clipping (noun)	pruning (noun)
the act of clipping or snipping	the act of trimming a plant
cutting down to the desired size or shape	something that has been pruned off of a plant
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