Difference between Shave and Trim

What is the difference between Shave and Trim?

Shave as a verb is to make bald by using a tool such as a razor or pair of electric clippers to cut the hair close to the skin. while Trim as a verb is to reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess; e.g. 'trim a hedge', 'trim a beard'.

Shave

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make bald by using a tool such as a razor or pair of electric clippers to cut the hair close to the skin. To do the same to one's face. To cut finely, as with slices of meat.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An instance of shaving.

Example sentence: Looking in the mirror to check if my tie is straight is a waste of my time. I only look in the mirror once a day, and that's in the morning when I shave.

Trim

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess; e.g. 'trim a hedge', 'trim a beard'.to decorate or adorn; especially, to decorate a Christmas treeTo modify the angle of a vessel to the water by shifting cargo or ballast; to adjust for sailing; to assume, or cause a vessel to assume, a certain position, or trim, in the water. (FM 55-501).To modify the angle of a vessel's sails relative to the wind, especially to set the sails to the most advantageous angle.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: physically fitslender, lean; as a trim figureneat or smart in appearance; as a trim lawn

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: In good order, properly managed or maintained.With sails well trimmed.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: decoration; especially, decoration placed along edges or bordersa haircut, especially a moderate one to touch up an existing stylethe manner in which something is equipped or adorned; especially, of a carengaging in sexual intercourseThe fore-and-aft angle of the vessel to the water, with reference to the cargo and ballast; the manner in which a vessel floats on the water, whether on an even keel or down by the head or sternThe arrangement of the sails with reference to the wind.

Example sentence: I have a tree man coming to trim the jacaranda in my front garden.

We hope you now know whether to use Shave or Trim in your sentence.

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