Difference between Broom and Sweep

What is the difference between Broom and Sweep?

Broom as a noun is a domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping. while Sweep as a noun is the person who steers a dragon boat.

Broom

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping. An implement with which players sweep the ice to make a stone travel further and curl less; a broom or sweeper. Any of several shrubs in the subfamily Faboidae.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To sweep. To travel by car or another fast vehicle.

Sweep

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To clean (a floor, etc) using a broom or brush.To move through an (horizontal) arc or similar long stroke.To search (a place) methodically.To play a sweep shot.To brush the ice in front of a moving stone, causing it to travel farther and to curl less.To move something in a particular motion, as a broom

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The person who steers a dragon boat.A person who stands at the stern of a surf boat, steering with a steering oar and commanding the crew.A chimney sweep.A search (typically for bugs [electronic listening devices]).A batsman's shot, played from a kneeling position with a swinging horizontal bat.A lottery, usually on the results of a sporting event, where players win if their randomly chosen team wins.A flow of water parallel to shore caused by wave action at an ocean beach or at a point or headland.

We hope you now know whether to use Broom or Sweep in your sentence.

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