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Brushing vs Dusting - What's the difference?

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Brushing is a related term of dusting.


As verbs the difference between brushing and dusting

is that brushing is while dusting is .

As nouns the difference between brushing and dusting

is that brushing is an instance of brushing while dusting is a light snowfall.

As an adjective brushing

is (dated) brisk; light.

brushing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An instance of brushing.
    • Give your shoes a brushing to get the mud off.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (dated) brisk; light
    • a brushing gallop

    dusting

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A light snowfall.
  • A light covering of something.
    • Cover the cake with a dusting of confectioner's sugar.
  • The act of removing dust from, as a household chore.
    • Tuesday is the day when I do the dusting .
  • * (Francis Hopkinson Smith), Peter: A Novel of Which He Is Not the Hero
    • Strict orders had been given by Mrs. Breen the night before that certain dustings and arrangings of furniture should take place, the spacious stairs swept, and the hectic hired palms in their great china pots watered.
  • A .

    • Related terms

    * crop-dusting