Sweeper vs Mop - What's the difference?
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As a noun sweeper is one who sweeps floors or chimneys. As a symbol mop is macanese pataca.
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
Anagrams
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mop English
Noun
( en noun)
( wikipedia mop)
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.
- He ran a comb through his mop and hurried out the door.
(British, dialect) A fair where servants are hired.
(British, dialect) The young of any animal; also, a young girl; a moppet.
- (Halliwell)
A made-up face; a grimace.
* (rfdate) (Francis Beaumont) and
- What mops and mowes it makes! --
* 1610 , , act 4 scene 1
- 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 water
Descendants
* German: (l)
Verb
( mopp)
To rub, scrub, clean or wipe with a mop, or as if with a mop.
- to mop (or scrub) a floor
- to mop one's face with a handkerchief
To make a wry expression with the mouth.
- (Shakespeare)
Anagrams
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