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Brushing vs Wiping - What's the difference?

brushing | wiping |

As verbs the difference between brushing and wiping

is that brushing is present participle of lang=en while wiping is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between brushing and wiping

is that brushing is an instance of brushing while wiping is the act by which something is wiped.

As an adjective brushing

is 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

    wiping

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is wiped.
    • multiple wipings of a computer's hard disk
  • Material wiped off something.
    • analysis of wipings taken from a suspect's hands