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Cleaning vs Sanitation - What's the difference?

cleaning | sanitation |

As nouns the difference between cleaning and sanitation

is that cleaning is a situation in which something is cleaned while sanitation is the hygienic disposal or recycling of waste.

As a verb cleaning

is present participle of lang=en.

cleaning

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (gerund of clean) A situation in which something is cleaned
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  • The afterbirth of cows, ewes, etc.
    • (Gardner)

    Anagrams

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    sanitation

    English

    (wikipedia sanitation)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The hygienic disposal or recycling of waste.
  • The policy and practice of protecting health through hygienic measures.

    • Hypernyms

    * (policy and practice) public health

    Related terms

    * sanitarian * sanitary * sanitisation * sanitise * sanitization * sanitize

    See also

    * sewage * sewage treatment * microorganisms * disease * disinfection