Crooked vs Sweeping - What's the difference?
crooked | sweeping |
(crook)
Not straight; having one or more bends or angles.
Set at an angle; not vertical or square.
(figuratively) Dishonest or illegal; corrupt.
(countable) An instance of sweeping.
(uncountable) The activity of sweeping.
wide, broad, affecting or touching upon many things
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Completely overwhelming
As verbs the difference between crooked and sweeping
is that crooked is (crook) while sweeping is .As adjectives the difference between crooked and sweeping
is that crooked is not straight; having one or more bends or angles while sweeping is wide, broad, affecting or touching upon many things.As a noun sweeping is
(countable) an instance of sweeping.crooked
English
Etymology 1
From crook, equivalent to .Verb
(head)Etymology 2
From (etyl) croked, crokid, past participle of . More at (l).Adjective
(en adjective)- We walked up the crooked path to the top of the hill.
- That picture is crooked - could you straighten it up for me?
- He was trying to interest me in another one of his crooked deals.
sweeping
English
Verb
(head)Noun
- The sidewalk needed a sweeping every morning.
- Sweeping took all morning.
- The sidewalk needed sweeping every morning.
Derived terms
* sweeping day * sweeping flood * sweeping-machine * sweeping rain * at a sweeping reduction * sweepingsAdjective
(en adjective)- The government will bring in sweeping changes to the income tax system.
- He loves making sweeping statements without the slightest evidence.
Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):
- By the time politicians in several cities backed down on Tuesday and announced that they would cut or consider reducing fares, the demonstrations had already morphed into a more sweeping social protest, with marchers waving banners carrying slogans like “The people have awakened.”
- He claimed a sweeping victory.
