Difference between Launder and Wash

What is the difference between Launder and Wash?

Launder as a noun is a washerwoman. while Wash as a noun is the process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid.

Launder

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A washerwoman. A trough used by miners to receive powdered ore from the box where it is beaten, or for carrying water to the stamps, or other apparatus for comminuting (sorting) the ore.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To wash; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron. To lave; to wet. To disguise the source of ill-gotten wealth by various means.

Wash

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To clean with water.To move by the force of water in motion (as in the flood washed away houses).To separate valuable material (such as gold) from worthless material by the action of flowing water.(intransitive) To clean oneself with water.(intransitive) To be eroded or carried away by the action of water.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid.A liquid used for washing.The quantity of clothes washed at a time.The sound of breaking of the seas, e.g., on the shore.The wake of a moving ship.The turbulence left in the air by a moving airplane.A lotion or other liquid with medicinal or hygienic properties.Ground washed away to the sea or a river.A shallow body of water.In arid and semi-arid regions, the normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream; an arroyo; wadiA lack of progress or regress; no change

Example sentence: Now they show you how detergents take out bloodstains, a pretty violent image there. I think if you've got a T-shirt with a bloodstain all over it, maybe laundry isn't your biggest problem. Maybe you should get rid of the body before you do the wash.

We hope you now know whether to use Launder or Wash in your sentence.

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