(plant) clipping means cutting?

[susanna76]

Hi,

I found an article on How to Plant Jasmine Clippings. It mentions "cuttings" in the article but the title says "clippings." Are they the same thing?
How to Plant Jasmine Clippings

Thank you!

 

[Greyfriar]

Hello,

We normally use the word 'cuttings' for such horticulture.

 

[sdgraham]

Note that the caption on the image at the top of the page does indeed use "cuttings."

Headlines and titles are generally not written by the author and often by people unaware of certain terminology.

 

[entangledbank]

I wonder if the headline writer got confused? A newspaper cutting (BrE) is called a newspaper clipping in AmE. But with plants, I think we all agree a cutting is something you can stick in the ground, intending it to grow, whereas clippings are the small pieces of branch and leaves that you sweep up and throw in the compost or rubbish bin when you trim the plant to make it a neater shape.

 

[susanna76]

Thank you all! etb, I think you make a good point about where the confusion may have arisen.