Scutter vs. Cutter

Scutter vs. Cutter — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Scutter and Cutter

Scutternoun

Thin excrement.

Cutternoun

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

a stone cutter; a die cutter

Scutternoun

A hasty run.

Cutternoun

(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.

Scutterverb

To void thin excrement.

Cutternoun

A foretooth; an incisor.

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Scutterverb

To run with a light pattering noise; to skitter.

We saw a rat scuttering into a dark corner as we turned on the lights.

Cutternoun

A heavy-duty motor boat for official use.

a coastguard cutter.

Cutternoun

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

Cutternoun

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

Cutternoun

(baseball) A cut fastball.

Cutternoun

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

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Cutternoun

(slang) A person who practices self-injury.

Cutternoun

A surgeon.

Cutternoun

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

Cutternoun

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

Cutternoun

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

Cutternoun

A light sleigh drawn by one horse.

Cutternoun

someone who cuts or carves stone

Cutternoun

someone who carves the meat

Cutternoun

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

Cutternoun

a boat for communication between ship and shore

Cutternoun

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

Cutternoun

a cutting implement; a tool for cutting