Scissors vs Pliers - What's the difference?
scissors | pliers |
(countable, plural in form, usually, with a plural verb) A tool used for cutting thin material, consisting of two crossing blades attached at a pivot point in such a way that the blades slide across each other when the handles are closed.
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(countable, rugby) An attacking move conducted by two players; the player without the ball runs from one side of the ball carrier, behind the ball carrier, and receives a pass from the ball carrier on the other side.
(countable, skating) A method of skating with one foot significantly in front of the other.
(countable, gymnastics) An exercise in which the legs are switched back and forth, suggesting the motion of scissors.
(countable, wrestling) A scissors hold.
A gripping tool that multiplies the strength of the user's hand
English plurals
As nouns the difference between scissors and pliers
is that scissors is a tool used for cutting thin material, consisting of two crossing blades attached at a pivot point in such a way that the blades slide across each other when the handles are closed while pliers is a gripping tool that multiplies the strength of the user's hand.As a verb scissors
is third-person singular of scissor.scissors
English
Noun
(en-plural noun)- Those scissors are sharp. (indicating singular or plural scissors)
- That scissors is sharp. (less commonly to indicate singular scissors)
- Scissors are used to cut the flowers.
- Use a scissors to cut them if you don't have proper shears.
- They executed a perfect scissors .
Usage notes
* "A pair of scissors" is preferred to "a scissors" by about a four-to-one margin in the US (COCA). * "The scissors" is preferred to "the scissor" by about a thirty-to-one margin in the US (COCA).Synonyms
* (tool used for cutting) pair of scissors * (rugby) switchDerived terms
pliers
English
(wikipedia pliers)Noun
(en-plural noun)- I need a pair of pliers to get a good grip on that broken screw.