Difference between Sweptback and Swept

What is the difference between Sweptback and Swept?

Sweptback as an adjective is angled backwards from its attachment to the fuselage while Swept as a verb is to clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush.

Sweptback

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: angled backwards from its attachment to the fuselage backswept

Swept

Part of speech: verb

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

Example sentence: For too long we have swept the problems of mental illness under the carpet... and hoped that they would go away.

We hope you now know whether to use Sweptback or Swept in your sentence.

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