cut into vs spade

cut into is not a noun while spade is a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cut into	No	No	Yes	No
spade	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, spade is a hyponym of cut into; that is, spade is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than cut into:

Other hyponyms of cut into include furrow, groove, rut, root, rootle, rout, shovel, trowel, burrow, tunnel.

cut into (noun)	spade (noun)
	a sturdy hand shovel that can be pushed into the earth with the foot
	a playing card in the major suit that has one or more black figures on it

cut into (verb)	spade (verb)
turn up, loosen, or remove earth	dig (up) with a spade