Wiper vs Streetcleaner - What's the difference?
wiper | streetcleaner |
someone who wipes
* Robert Browning, The Pied Piper of Hamelin
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.
A person employed to clean streets by removing litter etc.
* 1982 , Donald Appleyard, Livable Streets (page 98)
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)- So, Willy, let you and me be wipers / Of scores out with all men — especially pipers!
streetcleaner
English
Noun
(en noun)- 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.