Cut
Cut adjective - Fashioned or shaped by cutting.
Usage example: cut diamonds
Rough
Rough adjective - Not shaped by cutting or trimming.
Usage example: rough gemstones
How words are described
| little | little cut | little rough |
Common collocations
| someone | cut someone | rough someone |
Both words in one sentence
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Kleptomaniac Hero: Nobody in the safe areas seems to care about you looting their medical cabinets or walking around with dozens of rough-cut diamonds which presumably belong to someone.
Source: Video Game / Far Cry 2 -
She's more likely to see the world as a rough-cut shonen than a sparkly shoujo. Attack!
Source: Visual Novel / War: 13th Day -
The dwarves in Dwarf Fortress mine out rough gems that need to be cut before they're usable.
Source: All-Natural Gem Polish
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Rough and Cut. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cut/rough
Cut & Rough. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cut/rough>.
Rough or Cut. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cut/rough.
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