Cut vs Shear

Cuándo usar cada una en inglés, con significado, registro y ejemplos.

Cut

Bloque de alta frecuencia A1 verb

Shear

Más de 10 000 (menos común)

Más común: Cut

	Cut	Shear
Pronunciación	🇬🇧 /["/kʌt/","/kʌts/","/ˈkʌtɪŋ/"]/ 🇺🇸 /["/kʌt/","/kʌts/","/ˈkʌtɪŋ/"]/	🇬🇧 //ʃɪə// 🇺🇸 //ʃɪr//
Significado	Usar una herramienta afilada para separar algo en pedazos. To use a sharp tool to make something separate into pieces.	Cortar el pelo o la lana To cut hair or wool off
Ejemplo	Please cut the paper along the dotted line.	The farmer will shear the sheep before summer.
Registro	Neutral	Neutral
Qué tan común	Bloque de alta frecuencia	Más de 10 000 (menos común)
Nivel CEFR	A1	-
Categoría gramatical	verb
Colocaciones	thick, thinly, cleanly, from, into, off, cut and paste, cut somebody/​something free, cut somebody/​something loose, thick, thinly, cleanly, from, into, off, cut and paste, cut somebody/​something free, cut somebody/​something loose, thick, thinly, cleanly, from, into, off, cut and paste, cut somebody/​something free, cut somebody/​something loose, thick, thinly, cleanly, from, into, off, cut and paste, cut somebody/​something free, cut somebody/​something loose, thick, thinly, cleanly, from, into, off, cut and paste, cut somebody/​something free, cut somebody/​something loose, considerably, dramatically, drastically, try to, manage to, be forced to, by, from, to, thick, thinly, cleanly, from, into, off, cut and paste, cut somebody/​something free, cut somebody/​something loose, thick, thinly, cleanly, from, into, off, cut and paste, cut somebody/​something free, cut somebody/​something loose	shear sheep, shear hair, shear wool
Antónimos	join, combine, attach	grow, add
Errores comunes	'Cutting' as a noun incorrectly (e.g. 'I will do a cut)., Confusing 'cut' with 'cut off' (which has a different meaning)., Using 'cut' with non-physical objects (e.g. 'cut a conversation' should be avoided).	Confusing with 'sheer' - they have different meanings., Using 'shear' in the present tense incorrectly (e.g., shears instead of shearing).
Notas de uso	Usa 'cortar' en situaciones cotidianas relacionadas con rebanar o dividir. Es apropiado tanto en contextos informales como profesionales, pero ten cuidado de no usarlo en escritos demasiado formales. Use 'cut' in everyday situations related to slicing or dividing. It's appropriate in both casual and professional contexts, but be careful not to use it in overly formal writing.	Se usa en contextos relacionados con el corte, especialmente en agricultura o peluquería. No se usa comúnmente en conversaciones cotidianas fuera de estos contextos. Used in contexts related to cutting, especially in agriculture or grooming. Not commonly used in everyday conversation outside of these contexts.

Míralo en clips reales

Cut it out! Cut it out! Cease fire!

Or, that's left after a new hair cut and a new suit,

Cut it out! Cut it out! Cease fire!

Or, that's left after a new hair cut and a new suit,

Cut

Game Of Thrones › S1 E1

Go on, Tommy, shear him good.

Shear

Preguntas frecuentes: Cut vs Shear

¿Cuál es la diferencia entre Cut y Shear?

Cut: To use a sharp tool to make something separate into pieces. Shear: To cut hair or wool off

¿Cuál es más común: Cut y Shear?

Cut es la más común en el inglés cotidiano.

¿Puedes mostrar un ejemplo de cada una?

Cut: Please cut the paper along the dotted line. Shear: The farmer will shear the sheep before summer.

¿Puedo usar Cut y Shear indistintamente?

No siempre. Cut y Shear están relacionadas y a veces se solapan, pero difieren en registro, frecuencia y uso, así que cambiar una por otra puede alterar el significado o el tono. Revisa las diferencias de arriba antes de sustituir.