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Scrubbed vs Laundered - What's the difference?

scrubbed | laundered | Related terms |

Scrubbed is a related term of laundered.


As verbs the difference between scrubbed and laundered

is that scrubbed is (scrub) while laundered is (launder).

As an adjective scrubbed

is (surgery|not comparable) with hands washed according to operating room protocol and wearing sterile gown and sterile gloves.

scrubbed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (scrub)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (surgery, not comparable) With hands washed according to operating room protocol and wearing sterile gown and sterile gloves.
  • Dwarfed or stunted; scrubby.

    • laundered

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (launder)

    • Anagrams

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    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

    Related terms

    * launderer * launderette * laundress * laundry * lave

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