Clean vs Bathe - What's the difference?

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Clean is a related term of bathe.

As nouns the difference between clean and bathe

is that clean is removal of dirt while bathe is fava bean, broad bean (vicia faba ).

As an adjective clean

is free of dirt or impurities or protruberances .

As a verb clean

is to remove dirt from a place or object.

As an adverb clean

is fully and completely.

clean

English

(wikipedia clean)

Adjective

(er)

Free of dirt or impurities or protruberances.

#Not dirty.

#*:Then his sallow face brightened, for the hall had been carefully furnished, and was very clean . ¶ There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.

#In an unmarked condition.

#(lb) Allowing an uninterrupted flow over surfaces, without protrusions such as racks or landing gear.

#Empty.

#(lb) Having relatively few impurities.

Free of immorality or criminality.

#Pure, especially morally or religiously.

#*(Bible), (Psalms) li.10:

#*:Create in me a clean heart, O God.

#* (1809-1892)

#*:That I am whole, and clean , and meet for Heaven.

#Not having used drugs or alcohol.

# Without restrictions or penalties, or someone having such a record.

#(lb) Not in possession of weapons or contraband such as drugs.

Smooth, exact, and performed well.

(lb) Cool or neat.

(lb) Being free of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).

Which doesn’t .

Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects.

Free from restraint or neglect; complete; entire.

*(Bible), (w) xxiii.22:

*:When ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of corners of thy field.

Well-proportioned; shapely.

Ascended without falling.

Synonyms

* (not dirty) * (empty)

Antonyms

* dirty * unclean

Derived terms

* clean as a hound's tooth * * clean sheet * clean sweep * cleanliness * cleanly * come clean * lick clean * unclean

Noun

(en noun)

Removal of dirt.

This place needs a clean .

(weightlifting) The first part of the event clean and jerk in which the weight is brought from the ground to the shoulders.

Verb

(en verb)

To remove dirt from a place or object.

Can you clean the windows today?

To tidy up, make a place neat.

Clean your room right now!

(climbing) To remove equipment from a climbing route after it was previously lead climbed.

To make things clean in general.

She just likes to clean . That’s why I married her.

(curling) To brush the ice lightly in front of a moving rock to remove any debris and ensure a correct line; less vigorous than a sweep.

Synonyms

* See also

Derived terms

* clean someone’s clock * clean out * clean up * cleaner * houseclean

Adverb

(er)

Fully and completely.

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)

, title=(The China Governess) , chapter=1 citation , passage=The huge square box, parquet-floored and high-ceilinged, had been arranged to display a suite of bedroom furniture designed and made in the halcyon days of the last quarter of the nineteenth century, when modish taste was just due to go clean out of fashion for the best part of the next hundred years.}}

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bathe

English

Verb

(bath)

To clean oneself by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath.

To immerse oneself, or part of the body, in water for pleasure or refreshment; to swim.

To clean a person by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath.

We bathe our baby before going to bed; other parents do it in the morning if they have time.

To apply water or other liquid to; to suffuse or cover with liquid.

She bathed her eyes with liquid to remove the stinging chemical.

The nurse bathed his wound with a sponge.

The incoming tides bathed the coral reef.

(figuratively, transitive and intransitive) To cover or surround.

The room was bathed in moonlight.

A dense fog bathed the city streets.

* {{quote-news, year=2011

, date=April 10 , author=Alistair Magowan , title=Aston Villa 1 - 0 Newcastle , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Although the encounter was bathed in sunshine, the match failed to reach boiling point but that will be of little concern to Gerard Houllier's team, who took a huge step forward before they face crucial matches against their relegation rivals.}}

To sunbathe.

The women bathed in the sun.

Derived terms

* bather * bathers ("swimsuit" in parts of Australia) * sunbathe * sunbather

Noun

(en noun)

(British, colloquial) The act of swimming or bathing, especially in the sea, a lake, or a river; a swimming bath.

I'm going to have a midnight bathe tonight.