Scaleback vs. Cutback — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Scaleback and Cutback
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Scaleback
(zoology) Any member of numerous species of marine annelids of the Polynoidae family, with two rows of scales, or elytra, along the back.
Cutback
A decrease; a curtailment
"The political effects of food cutbacks could be devastating" (New York Times).
Scaleback
An operation by which something is scaled back or reduced.
Budgetary constraints led to a scaleback in quality.
Cutback
A sharp reversal of direction, as of a ball carrier in football.
Scaleback
Any one of numerous species of marine annelids of the family Polynoidæ, and allies, which have two rows of scales, or elytra, along the back. See Illust. under Chætopoda.
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Cutback
A reduction of some sort in an existing program or service.
Cutback
(surfing) Maneuver where the surfer turns and surfs back towards where the wave is breaking.
Cutback
(roofing) Solvent-thinned bitumen used in cold process roofing adhesives, cements and coatings.
Cutback
(soccer) An offensive pass played into a position further from the attacking goal line.
Cutback
A reduction in quantity or rate; a reduction in the amount of an activity or the funding for an activity; as, cutbacks in government research funding increased unemployment among scientists; the recession caused a cutback in auto production.
Cutback
A return to an earlier scene or story line in a novel, movie, etc.
Cutback
A sudden switching of directions of a running football player, a surfboarder, etc.
Cutback
A reduction in quantity or rate
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