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Wiper vs Streetcleaner - What's the difference?

wiper | streetcleaner |

As nouns the difference between wiper and streetcleaner

is that wiper is someone who wipes while streetcleaner is a person employed to clean streets by removing litter etc.

wiper

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • someone who wipes
  • * Robert Browning, The Pied Piper of Hamelin
  • So, Willy, let you and me be wipers / Of scores out with all men — especially pipers!
  • something, such as a towel, that is used for wiping
  • something, such as a windscreen wiper, that is designed for wiping
  • a movable electric contact in some device
  • (nautical) A junior role in the engine room of a ship, someone who wipes down machinery and generally keeps it clean.
  • streetcleaner

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person employed to clean streets by removing litter etc.
  • * 1982 , Donald Appleyard, Livable Streets (page 98)
  • On the light streets, better streetcleaners , more trees, more police, and quieter buses were the most popular improvements, followed by cutting down the number of cars and improving children's play space.