Clearing vs. Cleaning — What's the Difference?

The act or process of making or becoming clear.

Cleaning is the process of removing unwanted substances, such as dirt, infectious agents, and other impurities, from an object or environment. Cleaning occurs in many different contexts, and uses many different methods.

A tract of land within a wood or other overgrown area from which trees and other obstructions have been removed.

Free from dirt, stain, or impurities; unsoiled

The exchange of checks, drafts, and notes and the settlement of consequent differences, especially among banks.

Free from foreign matter or pollution; unadulterated

Present participle of clear

Not infected

The act or process of making or becoming clear.

Producing relatively little pollution

An area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees.

Producing relatively little radioactive fallout or contamination

An open space in the fog etc.

Having no imperfections or blemishes; regular or even

A process of exchanging transaction information and authorisation through a central institution or system to complete and settle those transactions.

Not ornate or intricate; spare

(telecommunication) A sequence of events used to disconnect a call, and return to the ready state.

Sharply defined; clear-cut

The period in which remaining university places are allocated to remaining students.

Free from clumsiness; deft; adroit

(soccer) The act of removing the ball from one's own goal area by kicking it.

Devoid of restrictions or encumbrances

The act or process of making clear.

Thorough; complete

A tract of land cleared of wood for cultivation.

Having few alterations or corrections; legible

A method adopted by banks and bankers for making an exchange of checks held by each against the others, and settling differences of accounts.

Blank

The gross amount of the balances adjusted in the clearing house.

Morally pure; virtuous

A tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area

Having no marks of discredit or offense

The act of freeing from suspicion

Fit for all readers, listeners, or audiences; not ribald or obscene

The act of removing solid particles from a liquid

Honest or fair

Not carrying concealed weapons or drugs.

Innocent of a suspected crime.

Free from narcotics addiction.

Showing no evidence of using banned or performance-enhancing substances

So as to be unsoiled

In a fair manner

In a clean or nonpolluting manner

(Informal) Entirely; wholly

To rid of dirt, rubbish, or impurities

To get rid of (impurities or dirt, for example); remove

To prepare (fowl or other food) for cooking, as by removing the entrails or fat.

To remove the contents from; empty

(Sports) To lift (a barbell) from the floor to the shoulders in one motion.

To undergo or perform an act of cleaning.

Present participle of clean

(gerund of clean) The process of making something clean.

The afterbirth of cows, ewes, etc.

The act of making clean.

The afterbirth of cows, ewes, etc.

The act of making something clean;