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Sweeping vs Crying - What's the difference?

sweeping | crying |

As verbs the difference between sweeping and crying

is that sweeping is while crying is .

As nouns the difference between sweeping and crying

is that sweeping is (countable) an instance of sweeping while crying is action of the verb cry .

As adjectives the difference between sweeping and crying

is that sweeping is wide, broad, affecting or touching upon many things while crying is that demands action or attention.

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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    crying

    English

    (wikipedia crying)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • That demands action or attention.
    • There is a crying need for more manual workers in this country.
  • That deserves rebuke or censure.
    • It is a crying shame that he managed to get away with that!

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Action of the verb cry .
    • Their constant cryings kept us awake!

    Verb

    (head)

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