Shaving
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To make bald or shorter by using a tool such as a razor or pair of electric clippers to cut the hair close to the skin.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material.
Example sentence: It's amazing what a bit of soot and shaving can do for muscle definition, honestly.
Sliver
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit; as, to sliver wood.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter.A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which precedes spinning.Bait made of pieces of small fish. Cf. kibblings.A narrow high-rise apartment building.
Example sentence: Literally every single sliver of technology that makes the iPhone a smartphone instead of a stupidphone - internet, GPS, touchscreen, battery, hard drive, voice recognition - was developed by researchers on the government payroll.