Janitor vs Sweeper - What's the difference?
janitor | sweeper |
(en noun) (female:'' janitress''' or '''janitrix (''rare ))
(chiefly, US) someone who looks after the maintenance and cleaning of a public building.
a doorman
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 )..
* 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 ..
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
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(wikipedia janitor)Noun
Synonyms
* maintenance person * (mostly British ) caretaker * cleaner * (British) concierge * custodian * (One who cleans and maintains a garden) groundskeeper * curator * portersweeper
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