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Shaving vs Trimming - What's the difference?

shaving | trimming |

As nouns the difference between shaving and trimming

is that shaving is a thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material while trimming is the act of someone who trims.

As verbs the difference between shaving and trimming

is that shaving is while trimming is .

shaving

English

(wikipedia shaving)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Derived terms

    * shaving bump

    trimming

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of someone who trims.
    • I gave a good trimming to my elderly neighbour's hedges.
  • Material that is removed by someone trimming something, as a piece of steak.
  • :He gave the trimmings to the dog under the kitchen table.
  • An accompaniment to a meal.
  • :Christmas dinner with all the trimmings
  • (colloquial, dated) A reprimand or chastisting.
    • to give a boy a trimming

    Verb

    (head)
  • :I am helping my elderly neighbour by trimming his hedge.