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Sweeping vs Spanning - What's the difference?

sweeping | spanning |

As nouns the difference between sweeping and spanning

is that sweeping is (countable) an instance of sweeping while spanning is a tension.

As a verb sweeping

is .

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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    spanning

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The process by which something is spanned.
  • * 1996 , Peter Evans, The music of Benjamin Britten
    • The immediate symbolism of these spannings of musical space is evident, but they also contain references to the work's musical motto...
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