1) A cut without a paste deletes stuff, except in file explorers and in ?some/most/all? cut actions in Excel.

2) A copy or cut puts stuff in the clipboard. It stays there until you copy or paste again, except in Excel, where entering new data between copy and paste clears the clipboard.

Thanks. Reminds me that various file explorers do not call it a cut, but a move. They just reuse the same keyboard shortcut as the cut found in text editors.