Mopping vs. Sweeping — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Mopping and Sweeping
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Mopping
A household implement made of absorbent material attached to a typically long handle and used for washing, dusting, or drying floors.
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Sweeping
Extending or performed in a long, continuous curve
Sweeping, desolate moorlands
A smooth sweeping motion
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Mopping
A loosely tangled bunch or mass
A mop of unruly hair.
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Sweeping
Wide in range or effect
We cannot recommend any sweeping alterations
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Mopping
To wash or wipe with or as if with a mop
Mopped the hallway.
Mopping the spilled water.
Mopped her forehead with a towel.
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Sweeping
Dirt or refuse collected by sweeping
The sweepings from the house
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Mopping
To use a mop to wash or dry surfaces
Mopped along the baseboards.
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Sweeping
Having wide-ranging influence or effect
Sweeping changes.
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Mopping
Present participle of mop
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Sweeping
Moving in or as if in a wide curve
A sweeping gesture.
A sweeping glance.
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Mopping
The process of cleaning with a mop.
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Sweeping
Indiscriminate; wholesale
Sweeping generalizations.
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Mopping
An application of molten asphalt to a roof etc.
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Sweeping
Overwhelming; complete
A sweeping victory.
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Mopping
Cleaning with a mop;
He gave it a good mopping
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Sweeping
The action of one that sweeps.
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Sweeping
Sweepings Things swept up; refuse.
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Sweeping
Present participle of sweep
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Sweeping
(countable) An instance of sweeping.
The sidewalk needed a sweeping every morning.
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Sweeping
(uncountable) The activity of sweeping.
Sweeping took all morning.
The sidewalk needed sweeping every morning.
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Sweeping
Wide, broad, affecting or touching upon many things.
The government will bring in sweeping changes to the income tax system.
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Sweeping
Completely overwhelming.
He claimed a sweeping victory.
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Sweeping
Cleaning off surfaces, or cleaning away dust, dirt, or litter, as a broom does; moving with swiftness and force; carrying everything before it; including in its scope many persons or things; as, a sweeping flood; a sweeping majority; a sweeping accusation.
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Sweeping
The act of cleaning with a broom
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Sweeping
Taking in or moving over (or as if over) a wide area; often used in combination;
A sweeping glance
A wide-sweeping view of the river
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Sweeping
Ignoring distinctions;
Sweeping generalizations
Wholesale destruction
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Sweeping
Having broad range or effect;
Had extensive press coverage
Far-reaching changes in the social structure
Sweeping reforms
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