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Servant vs Cleaner - What's the difference?

servant | cleaner |

As nouns the difference between servant and cleaner

is that servant is one who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation. As opposed to a slave while cleaner is a person whose occupation is to clean floors, windows and other things.

As a verb servant

is to subject.

As an adjective cleaner is

comparative of clean.

servant

English

Alternative forms

* servaunt (obsolete) * (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation. As opposed to a slave.
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  • *:As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could.
  • One who serves another, providing help in some manner.
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  • Derived terms

    * assigned servant * civil servant * manservant * maidservant * public servant * servantly

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To subject.
  • (Shakespeare)
    (Webster 1913)

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    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)
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