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Cleaner vs Cleaned - What's the difference?

cleaner | cleaned |

As adjectives the difference between cleaner and cleaned

is that cleaner is comparative of clean while cleaned is in a state of being clean.

As a noun cleaner

is a person whose occupation is to clean floors, windows and other things.

As a verb cleaned is

past tense of clean.

cleaner

English

Etymology 1

(clean) (agent noun)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person whose occupation is to clean floors, windows and other things.
  • A device that cleans, such as the vacuum cleaner.
  • A cleaning detergent.
  • (in the plural) A professional laundry or dry cleaner (business).
  • I'll have to take this shirt to the cleaners .
    Derived terms
    * cleaner fish * vacuum cleaner

    Etymology 2

    clean +

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (clean)
  • Anagrams

    *

    cleaned

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (clean)
  • Adjective

    (head)
  • In a state of being clean.
  • Anagrams

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