The difference between Cut and Reduce

When used as verbs, cut means to incise, to cut into the surface of something. to perform an incision on, for example with a knife. to divide with a knife, scissors, or another sharp instrument. to form or shape by cutting. to wound with a knife. to engage in self-harm by making cuts in one's own skin. to deliver a stroke with a whip or like instrument to. to wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of, whereas reduce means to bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something.

Cut is also noun with the meaning: an opening resulting from cutting.

Cut is also adjective with the meaning: having been cut.

check bellow for the other definitions of Cut and Reduce

  1. Cut as a verb (transitive):

    To incise, to cut into the surface of something. To perform an incision on, for example with a knife. To divide with a knife, scissors, or another sharp instrument. To form or shape by cutting. To wound with a knife. To engage in self-harm by making cuts in one's own skin. To deliver a stroke with a whip or like instrument to. To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce. To castrate or geld. To interfere, as a horse; to strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs.

    Examples:

    "Would you please cut the cake?"

    "I have three diamonds to cut today."

    "The patient said she had been cutting since the age of thirteen."

    "Sarcasm cuts to the quick."

    "to cut a horse"

  2. Cut as a verb (intransitive):

    To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.

  3. Cut as a verb (transitive, social):

    To separate, remove, reject or reduce. To separate from prior association; to remove a portion of a recording during editing. To abridge a piece of printed or written work. To reduce, especially intentionally. To absent oneself from (a class, an appointment, etc.). To ignore as a social snub.

    Examples:

    "Travis was cut from the team."

    "They're going to cut salaries by fifteen percent."

    "I cut fifth period to hang out with Angela."

    "After the incident at the dinner party, people started to cut him on the street."

  4. Cut as a verb (intransitive, cinema, audio, usually as imperative):

    To cease recording activities.

    Examples:

    "After the actors read their lines, the director yelled, "Cut!"

  5. Cut as a verb (intransitive, cinema):

    To make an abrupt transition from one scene or image to another.

    Examples:

    "The camera then cut to the woman on the front row who was clearly overcome and crying tears of joy."

  6. Cut as a verb (transitive, film):

    To edit a film by selecting takes from original footage.

  7. Cut as a verb (transitive, computing):

    To remove and place in memory for later use.

    Examples:

    "Select the text, cut it, and then paste it in the other application."

  8. Cut as a verb (intransitive):

    To enter a queue in the wrong place.

    Examples:

    "One student kept trying to cut in front of the line."

  9. Cut as a verb (intransitive):

    To intersect or cross in such a way as to divide in half or nearly so.

    Examples:

    "This road cuts right through downtown."

  10. Cut as a verb (transitive, cricket):

    To make the ball spin sideways by running one's fingers down the side of the ball while bowling it.

  11. Cut as a verb (transitive, cricket):

    To deflect (a bowled ball) to the off, with a chopping movement of the bat.

  12. Cut as a verb (intransitive):

    To change direction suddenly.

    Examples:

    "The football player cut to his left to evade a tackle."

  13. Cut as a verb (transitive, intransitive):

    To divide a pack of playing cards into two.

    Examples:

    "If you cut then I'll deal."

  14. Cut as a verb (transitive, slang):

    To write.

    Examples:

    "'cut orders;  cut a check"

  15. Cut as a verb (transitive, slang):

    To dilute or adulterate a recreational drug.

    Examples:

    "The best malt whiskies are improved if they are cut with a dash of water."

    "The bartender cuts his beer to save money and now it's all watery."

    "Drug dealers sometimes cut cocaine with lidocaine."

  16. Cut as a verb (transitive):

    To exhibit (a quality).

  17. Cut as a verb (transitive):

    To stop or disengage.

    Examples:

    "'Cut the engines when the plane comes to a halt!"

  18. Cut as a verb (sports):

    To drive (a ball) to one side, as by (in billiards or croquet) hitting it fine with another ball, or (in tennis) striking it with the racket inclined.

  19. Cut as a verb (bodybuilding):

    To lose body mass after bulking, aiming to keep the additional muscle but lose the fat.

  20. Cut as a verb:

    To perform (a dancing movement etc.).

    Examples:

    "to [[cut a caper]]"

  1. Cut as an adjective (participial adjective):

    Having been cut.

  2. Cut as an adjective:

    Reduced.

    Examples:

    "The [[pitcher]] threw a cut [[fastball]] that was slower than his usual [[pitch]]."

    "'Cut brandy is a liquor made of brandy and hard grain liquor."

  3. Cut as an adjective:

    Omitted from a literary or musical work.

    Examples:

    "My favourite song had been cut from the show."

  4. Cut as an adjective (of a gem):

    Carved into a shape; not raw.

  5. Cut as an adjective (cricket, of a shot):

    Played with a horizontal bat to hit the ball backward of point.

  6. Cut as an adjective (bodybuilding):

    Having muscular definition in which individual groups of muscle fibers stand out among larger muscles.

  7. Cut as an adjective (informal):

    Circumcised or having been the subject of female genital mutilation

  8. Cut as an adjective (Australia, NZ, slang):

    Emotionally hurt.

  9. Cut as an adjective:

    Eliminated from consideration during a recruitment drive.

  10. Cut as an adjective:

    Removed from a team roster.

  11. Cut as an adjective (NZ):

    Intoxicated as a result of drugs or alcohol.

  1. Cut as a noun:

    An opening resulting from cutting.

    Examples:

    "Look at this cut on my finger!"

  2. Cut as a noun:

    The act of cutting.

    Examples:

    "He made a fine cut with his sword."

  3. Cut as a noun:

    The result of cutting.

    Examples:

    "a smooth or clear cut'"

  4. Cut as a noun:

    A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove.

    Examples:

    "a cut for a railroad"

  5. Cut as a noun:

    (specifically) An artificial navigation as distinguished from a navigable river

  6. Cut as a noun:

    A share or portion.

    Examples:

    "The lawyer took a cut of the profits."

  7. Cut as a noun (cricket):

    A batsman's shot played with a swinging motion of the bat, to hit the ball backward of point.

  8. Cut as a noun (cricket):

    Sideways movement of the ball through the air caused by a fast bowler imparting spin to the ball.

  9. Cut as a noun (sports):

    In lawn tennis, etc., a slanting stroke causing the ball to spin and bound irregularly; also, the spin thus given to the ball.

  10. Cut as a noun (golf):

    In a strokeplay competition, the early elimination of those players who have not then attained a preannounced score, so that the rest of the competition is less pressed for time and more entertaining for spectators.

  11. Cut as a noun (theatre):

    A passage omitted or to be omitted from a play.

    Examples:

    "The [[director]] asked the [[cast]] to note down the following cuts."

  12. Cut as a noun (cinema):

    A particular version or edit of a film.

  13. Cut as a noun:

    The act or right of dividing a deck of playing cards.

    Examples:

    "The player next to the dealer makes a cut by placing the bottom half on top."

  14. Cut as a noun:

    The manner or style a garment etc. is fashioned in.

    Examples:

    "I like the cut of that suit."

  15. Cut as a noun:

    A slab, especially of meat.

    Examples:

    "That’s our finest cut of meat."

  16. Cut as a noun (fencing):

    An attack made with a chopping motion of the blade, landing with its edge or point.

  17. Cut as a noun:

    A deliberate snub, typically a refusal to return a bow or other acknowledgement of acquaintance.

  18. Cut as a noun:

    A definable part, such as an individual song, of a recording, particularly of commercial records, audio tapes, CDs, etc.

    Examples:

    "The drummer on the last cut of their CD is not identified."

  19. Cut as a noun (archaeology):

    A truncation, a context that represents a moment in time when other archaeological deposits were removed for the creation of some feature such as a ditch or pit.

  20. Cut as a noun:

    A haircut.

  21. Cut as a noun (graph theory):

    The partition of a graph's vertices into two subgroups.

  22. Cut as a noun:

    A string of railway cars coupled together.

  23. Cut as a noun:

    An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving.

    Examples:

    "a book illustrated with fine cuts'"

  24. Cut as a noun (obsolete):

    A common workhorse; a gelding.

  25. Cut as a noun (slang, dated):

    The failure of a college officer or student to be present at any appointed exercise.

  26. Cut as a noun:

    A skein of yarn.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Wright"

  27. Cut as a noun (slang):

    That which is used to dilute or adulterate a recreational drug.

    Examples:

    "Don't buy his coke: it's full of cut."

  28. Cut as a noun (fashion):

    A notch shaved into an eyebrow.

  29. Cut as a noun (bodybuilding):

    A time period when one tries to lose fat while retaining muscle mass.

  1. Reduce as a verb (transitive):

    To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower, to impair.

    Examples:

    "to reduce weight, speed, heat, expenses, price, personnel etc."

  2. Reduce as a verb (intransitive):

    To lose weight.

  3. Reduce as a verb (transitive):

    To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote.

    Examples:

    "to reduce a sergeant to the ranks"

  4. Reduce as a verb (transitive):

    To humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture.

    Examples:

    "to reduce a province or a fort"

  5. Reduce as a verb (transitive):

    To bring to an inferior state or condition.

    Examples:

    "to reduce a city to ashes"

  6. Reduce as a verb (transitive, cooking):

    To decrease the liquid content of food by boiling much of its water off.

  7. Reduce as a verb (transitive, chemistry):

    To add electrons / hydrogen or to remove oxygen.

  8. Reduce as a verb (transitive, metallurgy):

    To produce metal from ore by removing nonmetallic elements in a smelter.

  9. Reduce as a verb (transitive, mathematics):

    To simplify an equation or formula without changing its value.

  10. Reduce as a verb (transitive, computer science):

    To express the solution of a problem in terms of another (known) algorithm.

  11. Reduce as a verb (transitive, logic):

    To convert a syllogism to a clearer or simpler form

  12. Reduce as a verb (transitive, legal):

    To convert to written form (Usage note: this verb almost always take the phrase "to writing").

    Examples:

    "It is important that all business contracts be reduced to writing."

  13. Reduce as a verb (transitive, medicine):

    To perform a reduction; to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment.

  14. Reduce as a verb (transitive, military):

    To reform a line or column from (a square).

  15. Reduce as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To translate (a book, document, etc.).

    Examples:

    "a book reduced into English"

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