Difference between Scuttle and Opening

What is the difference between Scuttle and Opening?

Scuttle as a noun is a container like an open bucket (usually to hold and carry coal). while Opening as a noun is a hole; a gap; a crevice.

Scuttle

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A container like an open bucket (usually to hold and carry coal). (Construction) a hatch that provides access to the roof from the interior of a building. A small hatch or opening in a boat.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To deliberately sink a ship or boat by order of the commander, rather than by enemy action. Intentionally undermine or thwart oneself, or denigrate or destroy one's position or property; cf. . To move hastily, to scurry

Opening

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: describing the first period of play, usually up to the fall of the first wicket; describing a batsman who opens the innings or a bowler who opens the attack

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make something accessible or allow for passage by moving from a shut position.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A hole; a gap; a crevice.The first few moves in a game of chess.An unoccupied employment position.The first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe.The initial period an art gallery or museum is first opened.The first few measures of a musical composition.A time available to have a consultation with someone.

Example sentence: It's not only moving that creates new starting points. Sometimes all it takes is a subtle shift in perspective, an opening of the mind, an intentional pause and reset, or a new route to start to see new options and new possibilities.

We hope you now know whether to use Scuttle or Opening in your sentence.

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