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Janitor vs Sweeper - What's the difference?

janitor | sweeper |

As nouns the difference between janitor and sweeper

is that janitor is someone who looks after the maintenance and cleaning of a public building while sweeper is one who sweeps floors or chimneys.

janitor

English

(wikipedia janitor)

Noun

  • (en noun) (female:'' janitress''' or '''janitrix (''rare ))
  • (chiefly, US) someone who looks after the maintenance and cleaning of a public building.
  • a doorman

    • Synonyms

    * maintenance person * (mostly British ) caretaker * cleaner * (British) concierge * custodian * (One who cleans and maintains a garden) groundskeeper * curator * porter

    sweeper

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who sweeps floors or chimneys
  • A detector (for mines)
  • A small, tropical marine perciform fish of the family , typically with deeply keeled, compressed bodies and large eyes.
  • (football) A defender who is the last line of defence before the goalkeeper
  • (curling) A person who sweeps the ice ahead of the rock in play.
  • (cricket) A batsman who plays sweep shots
  • (cricket) A fielding position along the boundary; a fielder in this position
  • A tree that has fallen over a river with branches extending into the water.
  • * ..tree will be hanging over the water about canoe level (a sweeper ).. Basic Essentials Canoe Paddling, 3rd - Page 62
  • * So named because they can sweep passengers from a boat, they can also capsize a canoe, especially when paddlers lean too far away from the sweeper .. River Running: Canoeing, Kayaking, Rowing, Rafting - Page 102

    • See also

    minesweeper

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