excerpt vs clipping
clipping vs excerptexcerpt and clipping both are nouns.
excerpt is a verb but clipping is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| excerpt | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| clipping | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
clipping is a hyponym of
excerpt; that is, clipping is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
excerpt:
- excerpt: a passage selected from a larger work
- clipping: an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine
Other hyponyms of excerpt include
chrestomathy, analecta, analects, cutting, newspaper clipping, press clipping, press cutting, cut, track, citation, quotation, quote.
| excerpt (noun) | clipping (noun) |
|---|---|
| a passage selected from a larger work | the act of clipping or snipping |
| cutting down to the desired size or shape | |
| an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine |
| excerpt (verb) | clipping (verb) |
|---|---|
| take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy |
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