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lop vs shear

shear vs lop

lop is not a noun while shear is a noun.

lop and shear both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
lop No No Yes No
shear Yes No Yes No
As verbs, shear is a hyponym of lop; that is, shear is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than lop:
  • lop: cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
  • shear: cut with shears
Other hyponyms of lop include poll, pollard, pinch, top, disbud.
lop (noun) shear (noun)
a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it
(physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves
lop (verb) shear (verb)
cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain
cut off from a whole cut with shears
cut or cut through with shears
shear the wool from
Difference between lop and shear

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