Swab vs Swipe - What's the difference?
swab | swipe |
(medicine) a small piece of soft, absorbent material, such as gauze, used to clean wounds, apply medicine, or take samples of body fluids. Often attached to a stick or wire to aid access.
A sample taken with a swab (1).
A piece of material used for cleaning or sampling other items like musical instruments or guns.
A mop, especially on a ship.
(slang) A sailor; a swabby.
To use a swab on something, or clean something with a swab.
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, title= To steal or snatch.
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To scan or register by sliding something through a reader.
To grab or bat quickly.
(countable) A quick grab, bat, or other motion with the hand or paw; A sweep.
(countable) A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club.
(countable, informal) A rough guess; an estimate or swag.
(uncountable) Poor, weak beer; small beer.
In transitive terms the difference between swab and swipe
is that swab is to use a swab on something, or clean something with a swab while swipe is to scan or register by sliding something through a reader.swab
English
Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (sailor) swabbyVerb
(swabb)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=He had one hand on the bounce bottle—and he'd never let go of that since he got back to the table—but he had a handkerchief in the other and was swabbing his deadlights with it.}}
swipe
English
Verb
(swip)- Hey! Who swiped my lunch?
- "Maybe I could swipe some Tintex from the five-and-dime."
- He swiped his card at the door.
- The cat swiped at the shoelace.
Noun
- Take a swipe at the answer, even if you're not sure.
