Shaving vs. Saving

Shavingnoun

(countable) A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material.

Savingnoun

A reduction in cost or expenditure.

‘The shift of the supplier gave us a saving of 10 percent.’;

Shavingnoun

(uncountable) The action of having a shave.

Savingnoun

Something (usually money) that is saved, particularly money that has been set aside for the future.

‘I invested all my savings in gold.’; ‘The collapse of Enron wiped out the life savings of many people, leaving them poor in their retirement.’;

Shavingnoun

The act of one who, or that which, shaves; specifically, the act of cutting off the beard with a razor.

Savingnoun

(uncountable) The action of the verb to save.

Shavingnoun

That which is shaved off; a thin slice or strip pared off with a shave, a knife, a plane, or other cutting instrument.

Savingnoun

(obsolete) exception; reservation

Shavingnoun

the act of removing hair with a razor

Savingverb

present participle of save

Shavingnoun

a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something

Savingadjective

(theology) That saves someone from damnation; redemptive.

Shavingnoun

the act of brushing against while passing

Savingadjective

Preserving; rescuing.

Shaving

Shaving is the removal of hair, by using a razor or any other kind of bladed implement, to slice it down—to the level of the skin or otherwise. Shaving is most commonly practiced by men to remove their facial hair and by women to remove their leg and underarm hair.

Savingadjective

Thrifty; frugal.

‘a saving cook’;

Savingadjective

Bringing back in returns or in receipts the sum expended; incurring no loss, though not gainful.

‘a saving bargain’; ‘The ship has made a saving voyage.’;

Savingadjective

Making reservation or exception.

‘a saving clause’;

Savingadjective

relating to making a saving: e.g. labour-saving, energy-saving light bulbs.

Savingpreposition

With the exception of; except; save.

Savingpreposition

Without disrespect to.

Savingadjective

Preserving; rescuing.

‘He is the saving strength of his anointed.’;

Savingadjective

Avoiding unnecessary expense or waste; frugal; not lavish or wasteful; economical; as, a saving cook.

Savingadjective

Bringing back in returns or in receipts the sum expended; incurring no loss, though not gainful; as, a saving bargain; the ship has made a saving voyage.

Savingadjective

Making reservation or exception; as, a saving clause.

Saving

With the exception of; except; excepting; also, without disrespect to.

‘None of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing.’; ‘And in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.’;

Savingnoun

Something kept from being expended or lost; that which is saved or laid up; as, the savings of years of economy.

Savingnoun

Exception; reservation.

‘Contend not with those that are too strong for us, but still with a saving to honesty.’;

Savingnoun

an act of economizing; reduction in cost;

‘it was a small economy to walk to work every day’; ‘there was a saving of 50 cents’;

Savingnoun

recovery or preservation from loss or danger;

‘work is the deliverance of mankind’; ‘a surgeon's job is the saving of lives’;

Savingnoun

the activity of protecting something from loss or danger

Savingadjective

bringing about salvation or redemption from sin;

‘saving faith’; ‘redemptive (or redeeming) love’;

Savingadjective

characterized by thriftiness;

‘wealthy by inheritance but saving by constitution’;

Saving

Saving is income not spent, or deferred consumption. Methods of saving include putting money aside in, for example, a deposit account, a pension account, an investment fund, or as cash.