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Sweeping vs Mowing - What's the difference?

sweeping | mowing |

As verbs the difference between sweeping and mowing

is that sweeping is while mowing is .

As nouns the difference between sweeping and mowing

is that sweeping is (countable) an instance of sweeping while mowing is the activity by which something is mown.

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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    mowing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The activity by which something is mown.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2008, date=April 20, author=Jay Romano, title=Got a Mess of Geese? Some Solutions, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=One gallon costs about $220, covers an acre and lasts through about two mowings . }}