different between sweeping vs brooming

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?swi?p??/
• Rhymes: -i?p??
• Hyphenation: sweep?ing

Verb

sweeping

1. present participle of sweep

Noun

sweeping (countable and uncountable, plural sweepings)

1. (countable) An instance of sweeping.

   The sidewalk needed a sweeping every morning.

2. (uncountable) The activity of sweeping.

   Sweeping took all morning.

   The sidewalk needed sweeping every morning.

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

sweeping (comparative more sweeping, superlative most sweeping)

1. wide, broad, affecting or touching upon many things

   The government will bring in sweeping changes to the income tax system.

   He loves making sweeping statements without the slightest evidence.

   • 2013 June 18, Simon Romero, "Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):

     By the time politicians in several cities backed down on Tuesday and announced that they would cut or consider reducing fares, the demonstrations had already morphed into a more sweeping social protest, with marchers waving banners carrying slogans like “The people have awakened.”

2. Completely overwhelming

   He claimed a sweeping victory.

Synonyms

• (wide; broad): across-the-board; see also Thesaurus:comprehensive or Thesaurus:generic

Translations

Anagrams

• weepings

English

Verb

brooming

1. present participle of broom

Noun

brooming (plural broomings)

1. A sweeping with a broom.
   • 1992, David H. Jacobs, Concrete: a homeowner's illustrated guide (page 163)

     Each pass will actually receive two broomings. Because of the span, your broom head operates at an angle as opposed to a flat plane in which brooms are normally operated for sweeping.

   • 1998, Dion Fortune, The Winged Bull

     Then he went out into the spring sunshine to escape from her broomings and brushings, and there Brangwyn presently joined him, and they strolled together up the steep couloir, in the mouth of which the cottage stood.