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Sweeping vs Cleaning - What's the difference?

sweeping | cleaning |

As verbs the difference between sweeping and cleaning

is that sweeping is while cleaning is .

As nouns the difference between sweeping and cleaning

is that sweeping is (countable) an instance of sweeping while cleaning is (gerund of clean) a situation in which something is cleaned.

As an adjective sweeping

is wide, broad, affecting or touching upon many things.

sweeping

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

  • (countable) An instance of sweeping.
    • The sidewalk needed a sweeping every morning.
  • (uncountable) The activity of sweeping.
    • Sweeping took all morning.
    The sidewalk needed sweeping every morning.

    Derived terms

    * sweeping day * sweeping flood * sweeping-machine * sweeping rain * at a sweeping reduction * sweepings

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • wide, broad, affecting or touching upon many things
    • The government will bring in sweeping changes to the income tax system.
    He loves making sweeping statements without the slightest evidence.
  • * 2013 June 18, , " Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):
    • By the time politicians in several cities backed down on Tuesday and announced that they would cut or consider reducing fares, the demonstrations had already morphed into a more sweeping social protest, with marchers waving banners carrying slogans like “The people have awakened.”
  • Completely overwhelming
    • He claimed a sweeping victory.

    Synonyms

    * across-the-board

    Anagrams

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    cleaning

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (gerund of clean) A situation in which something is cleaned
  • * {{quote-news, 2009, January 13, Jane E. Brody, New Thinking on How to Protect the Heart, New York Times citation
    • , passage=So good dental hygiene, with regular periodontal cleanings , can help protect your heart as well as your teeth. }}
  • The afterbirth of cows, ewes, etc.
    • (Gardner)

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