Scutter vs. Cutter: What's the Difference?

To move with a clattering, scurrying sound

One that cuts, especially in tailoring.

Thin excrement.

A device or machine that cuts.

A hasty run.

A single-masted, fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel with two or more headsails and a mast set somewhat farther aft than that of a sloop.

To void thin excrement.

A ship's boat, powered by a motor or oars and used for transporting stores or passengers.

To run with a light pattering noise; to skitter.

A patrol boat, especially a US Coast Guard ship that is at least 65 feet long and has accommodations for the crew.

To run quickly; to scurry; to scuttle.

A small sleigh, usually seating one person and drawn by a single horse.

(Baseball) See cut fastball.

A person or device that cuts (in various senses).

(nautical) A single-masted, fore-and-aft rigged, sailing vessel with at least two headsails, and a mast set further aft than that of a sloop.

A foretooth; an incisor.

A heavy-duty motor boat for official use.

(nautical) A ship's boat, used for transport ship-to-ship or ship-to-shore.

(cricket) A ball that moves sideways in the air, or off the pitch, because it has been cut.

(baseball) A cut fastball.

(slang) A ten-pence piece. So named because it is the coin most often sharpened by prison inmates to use as a weapon.

(informal) A person who practices self-injury by making cuts in the flesh.

A surgeon.

An animal yielding inferior meat, with little or no external fat and marbling.

(obsolete) An officer in the exchequer who notes by cutting on the tallies the sums paid.

(obsolete) A ruffian; a bravo; a destroyer.

(obsolete) A kind of soft yellow brick, easily cut, and used for facework.

A light sleigh drawn by one horse.

(television) A flag or similar instrument for blocking light.

(MLE) A knife.

One who cuts; as, a stone cutter; a die cutter; esp., one who cuts out garments.

That which cuts; a machine or part of a machine, or a tool or instrument used for cutting, as that part of a mower which severs the stalk, or as a paper cutter.

A fore tooth; an incisor.

A boat used by ships of war.

A small, light one-horse sleigh.

An officer in the exchequer who notes by cutting on the tallies the sums paid.

A ruffian; a bravo; a destroyer.

A kind of soft yellow brick, used for facework; - so called from the facility with which it can be cut.

Someone who cuts or carves stone

Someone who carves the meat

Someone whose work is cutting (as e.g. cutting cloth for garments)

A boat for communication between ship and shore

A sailing vessel with a single mast set further back than the mast of a sloop

A cutting implement; a tool for cutting