Cut will remove the original text, while copy leaves the original in place. Paste is the same; it makes a copy of the text in the location you choose. Cut and Paste is the same as move.
When you copy and paste, you leave the original copy where it is and make a second copy where you desire. When you cut and paste, you take the original copy and move it elsewhere.Copy and paste...
Copying makes another copy without deleting the text or picture, paste prints the copyed text or inage onto whatever you put it on unless the program cannot hold it.
Copy copies something. It is copied when you paste.Cut also copies something, but the original is removed when you paste it. Paste pastes something you copied or cut.