Crop vs. Trim
Edited by Sumera Saeed || By Sawaira Riaz || Updated on September 23, 2023
Crop refers to removing areas of an image or to harvested plants; trim refers to cutting away irregular or unwanted parts or reducing size.
Key Differences
While cropping is associated with removing specific parts of images or growing and harvesting plants, trimming is related to cutting away unwanted or extraneous parts of various objects or entities, including budgets, trees, or hair. The purpose of cropping, in photography, is to refine the composition of the image, and in agriculture, to provide food or other products. Trimming serves to tidy up, to remove excess or irregular parts, or to reduce the size of something, aiming for neatness and precision in appearance or function.
Sawaira Riaz
Sep 23, 2023
The aspect of reduction or removal is common to both crop and trim; however, their applications, purposes, and results distinctly vary. Cropping is about exclusion and emphasis in images and about cultivation and production in agriculture. Trimming, conversely, is about neatness, precision, and refinement in diverse contexts, including grooming, budgeting, and gardening. Recognizing the differences and similarities between crop and trim is crucial for accurate communication and understanding in both professional and everyday scenarios.
Sawaira Riaz
Sep 23, 2023
When it comes to their application in everyday language, crop and trim can imply different actions, even if they sometimes overlap in the context of removal or reduction. Cropping usually refers to selective removal, either for enhancing focus in images or for agricultural yield, while trimming generally pertains to cutting away to maintain or improve appearance, function, or efficiency. Each term has unique nuances, and understanding them in various contexts is essential to apply them appropriately.
Samantha Walker
Sep 23, 2023
Trim, on the other hand, denotes the act of cutting away irregular or superfluous parts to make something neat or to reduce its size. In various contexts, to trim can mean to cut away excess fat from meat, to reduce unnecessary expenses in a budget, or to clip excess branches from a plant for aesthetic or health reasons. Trimming is often associated with precision and neatness, eliminating unwanted elements to achieve a more refined appearance or condition, contrasting with cropping, which may deal with the removal or harvesting of substantial parts or amounts.
Sawaira Riaz
Sep 23, 2023
Crop and trim are two terms often used in different contexts, each having diverse applications. To crop, in the context of photography and image editing, means to remove areas from the peripheries of an image, altering its composition and focus. In agriculture, crop refers to plants that are grown and harvested on a significant scale for food or other uses. Cropping helps in emphasizing a particular part of an image or helps in reshaping the image to fit specific dimensions or aesthetics, whereas in agriculture, a crop is the result of careful cultivation and harvesting.
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Sep 23, 2023
Comparison Chart
Context
Can refer to images or agriculture.
Usually refers to cutting or reducing size.
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Purpose
To emphasize parts of an image or to produce agricultural goods.
To achieve neatness or reduce size or expenses.
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Application
In image editing and agriculture.
In grooming, budgeting, and gardening.
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Result
Altered composition or agricultural yield.
Neatness, precision, reduced size or expenses.
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Crop and Trim Definitions
Trim
To reduce, as in expenses.
The company had to trim its budget during the economic downturn.
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Sep 23, 2023
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Crop
A batch or group appearing at one time.
A new crop of students graduates each spring.
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Trim
In good condition or order.
He keeps himself in trim by exercising regularly.
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Trim
To make neat or tidy by clipping, smoothing, or pruning
Trimmed his moustache.
Trimmed the hedges.
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Crop
Cultivated plants or agricultural produce, such as grain, vegetables, or fruit, considered as a group
Wheat is a common crop.
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Trim
To remove the excess or unwanted parts from
Trimmed the pie crust.
Trimmed the budget.
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Crop
The total yield of such produce in a particular season or place
An orchard that produced a huge crop of apples last year.
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Trim
To remove (excess or unwanted parts)
Trimmed the rotten wood.
Trimmed the fat from the budget.
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Trim
To decorate, especially by adding a border or contrasting element
Trim a blouse.
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Crop
A pouchlike enlargement of a bird's gullet in which food is partially digested or stored for regurgitation to nestlings.
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Crop
To cut or bite off the tops or ends of
Crop a hedge.
Sheep cropping grass.
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Trim
To balance (an aircraft) in flight by regulating the control surfaces and tabs.
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Crop
(agriculture) A plant, especially a cereal, grown to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose.
The farmer had a nice crop of corn.
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Crop
The natural production for a specific year, particularly of plants.
It was a good crop of oats that year.
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Crop
(figurative) A group, cluster or collection of things occurring at the same time.
The decade produced a whole crop of ideas about space travel.
The university had an exceptional crop of graduates in 1892, including three who went on to win Nobel Prizes.
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Crop
A group of vesicles at the same stage of development in a disease.
The patient had a crop of bumps indicative of chicken pox.
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Trim
Exterior ornamentation, such as moldings or framework, on a building or vehicle.
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Trim
Often trims Excised or rejected material, such as film that has been cut in editing.
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Crop
A photograph or other image that has been reduced by removing the outer parts.
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Trim
The readiness of a vessel for sailing with regard to ballast, sails, and yards.
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Crop
(anatomy) A pouch-like part of the alimentary tract of some birds (and some other animals), used to store food before digestion or for regurgitation.
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Trim
The balance of rotational forces around the various axes of an aircraft in flight.
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Crop
The head of a flower, especially when picked; an ear of corn; the top branches of a tree.
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Trim
(transitive) To reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess.
He trimmed his beard before the interview.
The hedge needs to be trimmed.
Place the screen material in the frame, secure it in place, and trim the edges.
The company trimmed jobs for the second time this year.
A ranch steak is usually trimmed of all excess fat.
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Trim
(transitive) To decorate or adorn; especially of a Christmas tree.
They traditionally trim the tree on Christmas Eve.
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Trim
To adjust the positions of control surfaces, sometimes using trim tabs, so as to modify or eliminate the aircraft's tendency to pitch, roll, or yaw when the cockpit controls are released.
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Crop
(transitive) To cut (especially hair or an animal's tail or ears) short.
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Trim
To modify the angle relative to the water by shifting cargo or ballast; to adjust for sailing; to assume, or cause to assume a certain position, or trim, in the water.
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Crop
(transitive) To remove the outer parts of a photograph or other image, typically in order to frame the subject better.
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Trim
To modify the angle (of the sails) relative to the wind, especially to set them at the most advantageous angle.
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Trim
(dated) To balance; to fluctuate between parties, so as to appear to favour each.
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Trim
(transitive) To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.
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Crop
The pouchlike enlargement of the gullet of birds, serving as a receptacle for food; the craw.
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Crop
The top, end, or highest part of anything, especially of a plant or tree.
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Crop
That which is cropped, cut, or gathered from a single felld, or of a single kind of grain or fruit, or in a single season; especially, the product of what is planted in the earth; fruit; harvest.
Lab'ring the soil, and reaping plenteous crop,Corn, wine, and oil.
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Crop
Anything cut off or gathered.
Guiltless of steel, and from the razor free,It falls a plenteous crop reserved for thee.
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Trim
(uncountable) Decoration; especially, decoration placed along edges or borders.
Paint the house white with blue trim.
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Crop
Hair cut close or short, or the act or style of so cutting; as, a convict's crop.
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Trim
(countable) A haircut, especially a moderate one to touch up an existing style.
I went to the hairdresser for a trim but came back nearly bald.
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Trim
(countable) The manner in which something is equipped or adorned; order; disposition.
The car comes in three different trims.
To be in good trim
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Trim
The state of adjustment of control surfaces such that the desired attitude can be maintained without requiring the continuous application of force to the cockpit controls.
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Crop
To cut off the tops or tips of; to bite or pull off; to browse; to pluck; to mow; to reap.
I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one.
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Trim
(nautical) The fore-and-aft angle of the vessel to the water, with reference to the cargo and ballast; the manner in which a vessel floats on the water, whether on an even keel or down by the head or stern.
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Crop
To cut off an unnecessary portion at the edges; - of photographs and other two-dimensional images; as, to crop her photograph up to the shoulders.
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Crop
A collection of people or things appearing together;
The annual crop of students brings a new crop of ideas
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Crop
The output of something in a season;
The latest crop of fashions is about to hit the stores
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Crop
A pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food
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Trim
To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.
The hermit trimmed his little fire.
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Trim
To dress; to decorate; to adorn; to invest; to embellish; as, to trim a hat.
A rotten building newly trimmed over.
I was trimmed in Julia's gown.
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Trim
To make ready or right by cutting or shortening; to clip or lop; to curtail; as, to trim the hair; to trim a tree.
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Trim
To adjust, as a ship, by arranging the cargo, or disposing the weight of persons or goods, so equally on each side of the center and at each end, that she shall sit well on the water and sail well; as, to trim a ship, or a boat.
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Trim
To rebuke; to reprove; also, to beat.
I found her trimming up the diademOn her dead mistress.
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Crop
Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of;
Dress the plants in the garden
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Trim
To balance; to fluctuate between parties, so as to appear to favor each.
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Crop
To remove parts of an image to alter its focus.
I had to crop the photo to remove the unwanted background.
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Trim
Dress; gear; ornaments.
Seeing him just pass the window in his woodland trim.
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Crop
Plants cultivated for food, commercial, or other uses.
The farmer had a successful yield of corn crop this year.
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Trim
The state of a ship or her cargo, ballast, masts, etc., by which she is well prepared for sailing.
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Trim
The lighter woodwork in the interior of a building; especially, that used around openings, generally in the form of a molded architrave, to protect the plastering at those points.
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Trim
Fitly adjusted; being in good order., or made ready for service or use; firm; compact; snug; neat; fair; as, the ship is trim, or trim built; everything about the man is trim; a person is trim when his body is well shaped and firm; his dress is trim when it fits closely to his body, and appears tight and snug; a man or a soldier is trim when he stands erect.
With comely carriage of her countenance trim.
So deemed I till I viewed their trim arrayOf boats last night.
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Trim
A decoration or adornment on a garment;
The trimming on a hat
The trim on a shirt
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Trim
Attitude of an aircraft in flight when allowed to take its own orientation
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Trim
Remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size;
Pare one's fingernails
Trim the photograph
Trim lumber
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Trim
Cut down on; make a reduction in;
Reduce your daily fat intake
The employer wants to cut back health benefits
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Trim
Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of;
Dress the plants in the garden
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Trim
Thin and fit;
The spare figure of a marathon runner
A body kept trim by exercise
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Trim
Of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder;
Even the barn was shipshape
A trim little sailboat
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Trim
(of persons) neat and smart in appearance;
A clean-cut and well-bred young man
The trig corporal in his jaunty cap
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Trim
To cut off irregular or unwanted parts.
I need to trim the hedges this weekend.
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Trim
To decorate, especially by adding a border or contrasting element.
She decided to trim the Christmas tree with colorful ornaments.
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Trim
To balance, as a ship, by adjusting its cargo or ballast.
The sailors worked to trim the boat during the storm.
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FAQs
Can trim mean to decorate?
Yes, "trim" can mean to decorate, especially with an added border or ornamentation.
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Sep 23, 2023
Can crop refer to a group of people?
Yes, "crop" can refer to a group or batch appearing at one time, like a crop of students.
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Is cropping always about reduction?
In photography, yes, but in agriculture, it refers to cultivation and production of plants.
Janet White
Sep 23, 2023
Is trim only used in the context of cutting?
No, trim can also refer to decoration, reduction in size or amount, and maintaining balance or order.
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Can trimming imply reduction in expenses?
Yes, trimming can refer to reducing unnecessary expenses in a budget.
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Can crop refer to a handle of a whip?
Yes, "crop" can also mean the stock or handle of a whip.
Aimie Carlson
Sep 23, 2023
Can trim refer to being in good condition?
Yes, "trim" can refer to being in good condition or order.
Janet White
Sep 23, 2023
Can crop mean to cut or trim?
In some contexts, "crop" can mean to cut closely or trim, as when animals crop grass.
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Is cropping an image irreversible?
Not necessarily; many image-editing software allow reverting to the original image.
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Is trimming related to gardening?
Yes, trimming is a common practice in gardening to maintain plant health and aesthetics.
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Can trimming be related to balance?
Yes, trimming can refer to balancing, especially in nautical contexts, like adjusting a ship’s cargo.
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Sep 23, 2023
Can a crop refer to the yield of plants?
Yes, crop often refers to plants cultivated and harvested as agricultural produce.
Harlon Moss
Sep 23, 2023
Does every crop relate to agriculture?
No, "crop" can also refer to a close cut, a group appearing at one time, or the handle of a whip.
Harlon Moss
Sep 23, 2023
Does trimming always result in neatness?
Typically, yes, trimming aims to achieve neatness, precision, and improved appearance.
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Sep 23, 2023
Can the act of cropping be used in grooming animals?
Yes, "crop" can refer to cutting or trimming hair or fur closely in the context of grooming.
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