cutting off vs snip

cutting off and snip both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cutting off	Yes	No	No	No
snip	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, snip is a hyponym of cutting off; that is, snip is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than cutting off:

Other hyponyms of cutting off include clip, clipping, haircut, clipping, trim, trimming, shearing.

cutting off (noun)	snip (noun)
the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends	the act of clipping or snipping
the act of cutting something off	a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)

cutting off (verb)	snip (verb)
	cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
	sever or remove by pinching or snipping