Duster vs. Dusting — What's the Difference?

A cloth or pad for dusting furniture.

A light sprinkling

A woman's loose, lightweight full-length coat without buttons, of a style originally worn in the 1920s when travelling in an open car.

(Slang) A beating or defeat

A dust storm.

Present participle of dust

A cloth or brush used to remove dust.

A light snowfall.

A device for sifting or scattering a powdered substance.

A light covering of something.

A smock worn to protect one's clothing from dust.

The act of removing dust from the furniture, as a household chore.

A full-length coat, often slit up the back to the knees or waist, serving a similar purpose.

(colloquial) A beating.

A loose dress-length housecoat.

A maintenance or comfort behaviour in which a bird flushes fine dirt through the feathers; dust-bathing.

A light, loose, usually three-quarter-length top, often worn over a blouse or as part of a set with pants.

An object, now especially a cloth, used for dusting surfaces etc.

Someone who dusts.

A loose-fitting long coat.

(paper-making) A revolving wire-cloth cylinder which removes the dust from rags, etc.

(milling) A blowing-machine for separating the flour from the bran.

(oil and gas) A dry drill hole, one that does not produce oil or gas.

A vehicle-mounted, multi-barrelled, anti-aircraft gun.

(Philippines) A type of loose dress worn at home as well within the vicinity of one's home.

(education) A block of felt strips, shaped ergonomically, used to remove chalk from a blackboard.

(baseball) A high pitch toward the batter.

One who, or that which, dusts; a utensil that frees from dust.

A long light overgarment;

A device for spreading a powder, especially one for spreading insecticide on plants.

A pitch intentionally thrown by a pitcher directly at or very close to the batter, intended to make the batter stand further away from home plate; also called a dust-back pitch or a dust-back.

A dust storm.

A windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand;

A loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles

A piece of cloth used for dusting

A pitch thrown deliberately close to the batter