Difference between Sweeping and Wide

What is the difference between Sweeping and Wide?

Sweeping as a verb is to clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush. while Wide as a verb is extensively

Sweeping

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An instance of sweeping. The activity of sweeping.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: wide, broad, affecting many things Completely overwhelming

Example sentence: The stories are there first, and they come from my experiences wandering around in the world. They will resonate into bigger things, forces sweeping the planet, themes and archetypes, but I'm not smart enough to have lucid integration of all that in my head as I'm writing.

Wide

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Having a large physical extent from side to side.Large in scope.Operating at the side of the playing area.

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: extensivelycompletelyaway from a given goal

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A ball that passes so far from the batsman that the umpire deems it unplayable; the arm signal used by an umpire to signal a wide; the extra run added to the batting side's score

Example sentence: Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.

We hope you now know whether to use Sweeping or Wide in your sentence.

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