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shear vs snip

snip vs shear

shear and snip both are nouns.

shear and snip both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
shear Yes No Yes No
snip Yes No Yes No
As verbs, snip is a hypernym of shear; that is, snip is a word with a broader meaning than shear:
  • shear: cut with shears
  • snip: cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
Other hypernyms of shear include clip, crop, cut back, dress, lop, prune, trim.
shear (noun) snip (noun)
a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it the act of clipping or snipping
(physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
shear (verb) snip (verb)
become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
cut with shears sever or remove by pinching or snipping
cut or cut through with shears
shear the wool from
Difference between shear and snip

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