excerpt vs cutting

cutting vs excerpt

excerpt and cutting both are nouns.

excerpt is not an adjective while cutting is an adjective.

excerpt is a verb but cutting is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
excerpt	Yes	No	Yes	No
cutting	Yes	Yes	No	No

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

excerpt: a passage selected from a larger work
cutting: an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine

Other hyponyms of excerpt include chrestomathy, analecta, analects, clipping, newspaper clipping, press clipping, press cutting, cut, track, citation, quotation, quote.

excerpt (noun)	cutting (noun)
a passage selected from a larger work	the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
	the act of cutting something into parts
	the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
	the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film
	the act of diluting something
	removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape
	the division of a deck of cards before dealing
	an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine
	a piece cut off from the main part of something
	a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting

excerpt (adjective)	cutting (adjective)
	unpleasantly cold and damp
	painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
	(of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character

excerpt (verb)	cutting (verb)
take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy

Difference between excerpt and cutting

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