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Hoover vs. Vacuum — What's the Difference?

Hoover vs. Vacuum — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Hoover and Vacuum

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Hoover

A vacuum cleaner, properly one made by the Hoover company.

Vacuum

A vacuum is a space devoid of matter. The word is derived from the Latin adjective vacuus for "vacant" or "void".

Hoover

A US city in north central Alabama, south of Birmingham; population 71,020 (est. 2008).

Vacuum

Absence of matter.

Hoover

Clean (something) with a vacuum cleaner
He was hoovering the stairs
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Vacuum

A space empty of matter.

Hoover

To clean (a surface or material) with a vacuum cleaner
Hoovered the rug.

Vacuum

A space relatively empty of matter.

Hoover

To remove with a vacuum cleaner. Often used with up
Hoovered up the spilled cereal.

Vacuum

A space in which the pressure is significantly lower than atmospheric pressure.

Hoover

(Slang) To consume entirely; devour. Often used with up or down.

Vacuum

A state of emptiness; a void.

Hoover

(Informal) To use a vacuum cleaner
Needs to hoover before the guests arrive.

Vacuum

A state of being sealed off from external or environmental influences; isolation.

Hoover

A vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.

Vacuum

Pl. vac·uums A vacuum cleaner.

Hoover

To clean (a room, etc.) with a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.
I need to hoover this room.

Vacuum

Of, relating to, or used to create a vacuum.

Hoover

To use a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.
My husband is upstairs, hoovering.

Vacuum

Containing air or other gas at a reduced pressure.

Hoover

(transitive) To suck in or inhale, as if by a vacuum cleaner.

Vacuum

Operating by means of suction or by maintaining a partial vacuum.

Hoover

A kind of vacuum cleaner.

Vacuum

To clean with or use a vacuum cleaner.

Hoover

To clean with a vacuum cleaner.

Vacuum

A region of space that contains no matter.

Hoover

United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932)

Vacuum

A vacuum cleaner.

Hoover

United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972)

Vacuum

The condition of rarefaction, or reduction of pressure below that of the atmosphere, in a vessel, such as the condenser of a steam engine, which is nearly exhausted of air or steam, etc.
A vacuum of 26 inches of mercury, or 13 pounds per square inch

Hoover

31st President of the United States; in 1929 the stock market crashed and the economy collapsed and Hoover was defeated for re-election by Franklin Roosevelt (1874-1964)

Vacuum

(physics) A spacetime having tensors of zero magnitude.

Hoover

A kind of vacuum cleaner

Vacuum

An emptiness in life created by a loss of a person who was close, or of an occupation.

Hoover

Clean with a vacuum cleaner;
Vacuum the carpets

Vacuum

(transitive) To clean (something) with a vacuum cleaner.

Vacuum

(intransitive) To use a vacuum cleaner.

Vacuum

To optimise a database or database table by physically removing deleted tuples.

Vacuum

A space entirely devoid of matter (called also, by way of distinction, absolute vacuum); hence, in a more general sense, a space, as the interior of a closed vessel, which has been exhausted to a high or the highest degree by an air pump or other artificial means; as, water boils at a reduced temperature in a vacuum.

Vacuum

The condition of rarefaction, or reduction of pressure below that of the atmosphere, in a vessel, as the condenser of a steam engine, which is nearly exhausted of air or steam, etc.; as, a vacuum of 26 inches of mercury, or 13 pounds per square inch.

Vacuum

The absence of matter

Vacuum

An empty area or space;
The huge desert voids
The emptiness of outer space
Without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum

Vacuum

A region empty of matter

Vacuum

An electrical home appliance that cleans by suction

Vacuum

Clean with a vacuum cleaner;
Vacuum the carpets

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