cutoff vs route

cutoff and route both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cutoff	Yes	No	No	No
route	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, route is a hypernym of cutoff; that is, route is a word with a broader meaning than cutoff:

Other hypernyms of cutoff include road.

cutoff (noun)	route (noun)
a route shorter than the usual one	an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
a device that terminates the flow in a pipe	an established line of travel or access
a designated limit beyond which something cannot function or must be terminated

cutoff (verb)	route (verb)
	send via a specific route
	divert in a specified direction
	send documents or materials to appropriate destinations