Mop vs Broomstick - What's the difference?
mop | broomstick |
An implement for washing floors, or the like, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle.
(humorous) A dense head of hair.
(British, dialect) A fair where servants are hired.
(British, dialect) The young of any animal; also, a young girl; a moppet.
A made-up face; a grimace.
* (rfdate) (Francis Beaumont) and
* 1610 , , act 4 scene 1
To rub, scrub, clean or wipe with a mop, or as if with a mop.
To make a wry expression with the mouth.
the handle of a broom - a tool used to sweep the floor
(witchcraft) A broom, imbued with magic enabling one to fly riding the handle.
As nouns the difference between mop and broomstick
is that mop is an implement for washing floors, or the like, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle while broomstick is the handle of a broom - a tool used to sweep the floor.As a verb mop
is to rub, scrub, clean or wipe with a mop, or as if with a mop.mop
English
Noun
(en noun) (wikipedia mop)- He ran a comb through his mop and hurried out the door.
- (Halliwell)
- What mops and mowes it makes! --
- Before you can say 'Come' and 'Go,'
- And breathe twice; and cry 'so, so,'
- Each one, tripping on his toe,
- Will be here with mop and mow.
Derived terms
* mophead * mop squeezer * mop waterDescendants
* German: (l)Verb
(mopp)- to mop (or scrub) a floor
- to mop one's face with a handkerchief
- (Shakespeare)
