The difference between Cutting and Sharp
When used as nouns, cutting means the action of the verb to cut, whereas sharp means the symbol ♯, placed after the name of a note in the key signature or before a note on the staff to indicate that the note is to be played a semitone higher.
When used as adjectives, cutting means that is used for cutting, whereas sharp means able to cut easily.
Sharp is also adverb with the meaning: to a point or edge.
Sharp is also verb with the meaning: to raise the pitch of a note half a step making a natural note a sharp.
check bellow for the other definitions of Cutting and Sharp
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Cutting as a noun (countable, uncountable):
The action of the verb to cut.
Examples:
"How many different cuttings can this movie undergo?"
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Cutting as a noun (countable):
A section removed from the larger whole.
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Cutting as a noun (countable):
A newspaper clipping.
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Cutting as a noun (countable):
A leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant.
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Cutting as a noun (countable):
An abridged selection of written work, often intended for performance.
Examples:
"The actor had to make his cutting shorter to fit the audition time."
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Cutting as a noun (uncountable):
The editing of film or other recordings.
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Cutting as a noun (uncountable):
Self-harm; the act of cutting one's own skin.
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Cutting as a noun ([[machining]]):
The process of bringing metals to a desired shape by chipping away the unwanted material.
Examples:
"[[turning Turning]], boring, milling, and drilling are all different kinds of metal cutting processes."
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Cutting as a noun (countable):
A narrow passage, dug for a road, railway or canal to go through.
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Cutting as an adjective (not comparable):
That is used for cutting.
Examples:
"I need some sort of cutting utensil to get through this shrink wrap."
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Cutting as an adjective:
Of remarks, criticism, etc., potentially hurtful.
Examples:
"The director gave the auditioning actors cutting criticism."
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Cutting as an adjective (India):
Half-size beverage.
Examples:
"'cutting chai"
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Cutting as a verb:
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Sharp as an adjective:
Able to cut easily.
Examples:
"I keep my knives sharp so that they don't slip unexpectedly while carving."
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Sharp as an adjective (colloquial):
Intelligent.
Examples:
"My nephew is a sharp lad; he can count to 100 in six languages, and he's only five years old."
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Sharp as an adjective:
Terminating in a point or edge; not obtuse or rounded.
Examples:
"Ernest made the pencil too sharp and accidentally stabbed himself with it."
"a sharp hill;  a face with sharp features"
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Sharp as an adjective (music):
Higher than usual by one semitone (denoted by the symbol after the name of the note).
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Sharp as an adjective (music):
Higher in pitch than required.
Examples:
"The orchestra's third violin several times was sharp about an eighth of a tone."
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Sharp as an adjective:
Having an intense, acrid flavour.
Examples:
"Milly couldn't stand sharp cheeses when she was pregnant, because they made her nauseated."
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Sharp as an adjective:
Sudden and intense.
Examples:
"A pregnant woman during labor normally experiences a number of sharp contractions."
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Sharp as an adjective (colloquial):
Illegal or dishonest.
Examples:
"Michael had a number of sharp ventures that he kept off the books."
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Sharp as an adjective (colloquial):
Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interests; shrewd.
Examples:
"a sharp dealer;  a sharp customer"
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Sharp as an adjective:
Exact, precise, accurate; keen.
Examples:
"You'll need sharp aim to make that shot."
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Sharp as an adjective:
Offensive, critical, or acrimonious.
Examples:
"'sharp criticism; When the two rivals met, first there were sharp words, and then a fight broke out."
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Sharp as an adjective (colloquial):
Stylish or attractive.
Examples:
"You look so sharp in that tuxedo!"
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Sharp as an adjective:
Observant; alert; acute.
Examples:
"Keep a sharp watch on the prisoners. I don't want them to escape!"
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Sharp as an adjective:
Forming a small angle; forming an angle of less than ninety degrees.
Examples:
"Drive down Main for three quarters of a mile, then make a sharp right turn onto Pine."
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Sharp as an adjective:
Steep; precipitous; abrupt.
Examples:
"a sharp ascent or descent;  a sharp turn or curve"
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Sharp as an adjective (mathematics, of a statement):
Said of as extreme a value as possible.
Examples:
"Sure, any planar graph can be five-colored. But that result is not sharp: in fact, any planar graph can be four-colored. ''That'' is sharp: the same can't be said for any lower number."
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Sharp as an adjective (chess):
Tactical; risky.
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Sharp as an adjective:
Piercing; keen; severe; painful.
Examples:
"a sharp pain;  the sharp and frosty winter air"
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Sharp as an adjective:
Eager or keen in pursuit; impatient for gratification.
Examples:
"a sharp appetite"
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Sharp as an adjective (obsolete):
Fierce; ardent; fiery; violent; impetuous.
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Sharp as an adjective:
Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty.
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Sharp as an adjective (phonetics, dated):
Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone; aspirated; unvoiced.
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Sharp as an adverb:
To a point or edge; piercingly; eagerly; sharply.
Examples:
"rfquotek M. Arnold"
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Sharp as an adverb (notcomp):
Exactly.
Examples:
"I'll see you at twelve o'clock sharp."
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Sharp as an adverb (music):
In a higher pitch than is correct or desirable.
Examples:
"I didn't enjoy the concert much because the tenor kept going sharp on the high notes."
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Sharp as a noun (music):
The symbol ♯, placed after the name of a note in the key signature or before a note on the staff to indicate that the note is to be played a semitone higher.
Examples:
"The pitch pipe sounded out a perfect F♯ (F sharp)."
"Transposition frequently is harder to read because of all the sharps and flats on the staff."
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Sharp as a noun (music):
A note that is played a semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ♯.
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Sharp as a noun (music):
A note that is sharp in a particular key.
Examples:
"The piece was difficult to read after it had been transposed, since in the new key many notes were sharps."
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Sharp as a noun (music):
The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic.
Examples:
"Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" is written in C♯ minor (C sharp minor.)"
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Sharp as a noun (usually, _, in the plural):
Something that is sharp.
Examples:
"Place sharps in the specially marked red container for safe disposal."
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Sharp as a noun:
A sharp tool or weapon.
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Sharp as a noun (medicine):
A hypodermic syringe.
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Sharp as a noun (medicine, dated):
A scalpel or other edged instrument used in surgery.
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Sharp as a noun:
A dishonest person; a cheater.
Examples:
"The casino kept in the break room a set of pictures of known sharps for the bouncers to see."
"This usage is often classified as variant spelling of ''[[shark]]'', and unrelated to the 'pointed' or 'cutting' meanings of ''sharp''."
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Sharp as a noun:
Part of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.
Examples:
"rfquotek Charles Kingsley"
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Sharp as a noun:
A sewing needle with a very slender point, more pointed than a blunt or a between.
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Sharp as a noun (in the plural):
Fine particles of husk mixed with coarse particle of flour of cereals; middlings.
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Sharp as a noun (slang, dated):
An expert.
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Sharp as a noun:
A sharpie (member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s).
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Sharp as a verb (music):
To raise the pitch of a note half a step making a natural note a sharp.
Examples:
"That new musician must be tone deaf: he sharped half the notes of the song!"
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Sharp as a verb:
To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper.
Examples:
"rfquotek L'Estrange"
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