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Sweeting vs Sweeping - What's the difference?

sweeting | sweeping |

As nouns the difference between sweeting and sweeping

is that sweeting is (obsolete) a sweet apple while sweeping is (countable) an instance of sweeping.

As a verb sweeping is

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As an adjective sweeping is

wide, broad, affecting or touching upon many things.

sweeting

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A sweet apple.
    • (Ascham)
  • (obsolete) A darling; term of endearment.
  • * ca.1602 , William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night II.iii
    • Trip no further, pretty sweeting .
    (Webster 1913)

    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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