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Launder vs Shampoo - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between launder and shampoo

is that launder is a washerwoman while shampoo is a traditional Indian and Persian body massage given after pouring warm water over the body and rubbing it with extracts from herbs.

As verbs the difference between launder and shampoo

is that launder is to wash; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron while shampoo is to wash one's own hair with shampoo.

launder

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A washerwoman.
  • (mining) A trough used by miners to receive powdered ore from the box where it is beaten, or for carrying water to the stamps, or other apparatus for comminuting (sorting) the ore.
  • A gutter (for rainwater)
  • Synonyms

    * (washerwoman) launderer, laundress, washerwoman

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To wash; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron.
  • (obsolete) To lave; to wet.
  • (money) To disguise the source of (ill-gotten wealth) by various means.
  • Derived terms

    * money laundering

    Anagrams

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    shampoo

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A traditional Indian and Persian body massage given after pouring warm water over the body and rubbing it with extracts from herbs.
  • A commercial liquid soap product for washing hair or other fibres/fibers, such as carpets.
  • An instance of washing the hair or other fibres with shampoo.
  • I’m going to give the carpet a shampoo .
  • (humorous, slang) Champagne (wine).
  • Synonyms

    * shampooing * (champagne) bubbly, champers, fizz

    Descendants

    * German:

    See also

    * conditioner

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To wash one's own hair with shampoo.
  • My neat-freak of a friend has been compulsively shampooing for every bath he has taken.
  • To wash (i.e. the hair, carpet, etc.) with shampoo.
  • To press or knead the whole surface of the body of (a person), and at the same time to stretch the limbs and joints, in connection with the hot bath.
  • Anagrams

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