Difference between Sweep and Mop

What is the difference between Sweep and Mop?

Sweep as a verb is to clean (a floor, etc) using a broom or brush. while Mop as a verb is to rub, scrub, clean or wipe with a mop, or as if with a mop.

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.

Mop

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To rub, scrub, clean or wipe with a mop, or as if with a mop.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An implement for washing floors, or the like, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle.A head of hair.A fair where servants are hired.The young of any animal; also, a young girl; a moppet.A made-up face; a grimace.

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

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