What's the difference between broom and sweeper?

Broom


Definition:

  • (n.) A plant having twigs suitable for making brooms to sweep with when bound together; esp., the Cytisus scoparius of Western Europe, which is a low shrub with long, straight, green, angular branches, minute leaves, and large yellow flowers.
  • (n.) An implement for sweeping floors, etc., commonly made of the panicles or tops of broom corn, bound together or attached to a long wooden handle; -- so called because originally made of the twigs of the broom.
  • (v. t.) See Bream.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) You could easily replicate the biggest threat he faces in the film by slipping off your shoes and taking a broom handle to a greenhouse.
  • (2) When my floor was dirty, I rose early, and, setting all my furniture out of doors on the grass, bed and bedstead making but one budget, dashed water on the floor, and sprinkled white sand from the pond on it, and then with a broom scrubbed it clean and white... Further - and this is a stroke of his sensitive, pawky genius - he contemplates his momentarily displaced furniture and the nuance of enchanting strangeness: It was pleasant to see my whole household effects out on the grass, making a little pile like a gypsy's pack, and my three-legged table, from which I did not remove the books and pen and ink, standing amid the pines and hickories ...
  • (3) As Broome describes: “Walter reinvented building from first principles and reduced it to its simplest terms which led to the post and beam frame.
  • (4) He’s a Nyikina-Mangala man and a traditional owner of this country, about 225km inland from Broome and 86km south of Derby.
  • (5) Richard Broom, City's admissions manager, says he is working on the principle that asking for an A* has to be academically justified: "We are not going to ask for it just for the sake of numbers of applicants."
  • (6) In this simple sentiment we can find hope, as we can in the efforts of those cleaning up the debris and ash in bonhomous, broom-wielding posses.
  • (7) I like the challenges that come with those that thrive in such adverse conditions, and there are plenty: woodland species that make the most of what little sunlight hits the leaf litter; ferns that like dripping cave mouths and cliff faces cast in gloom; and small shrubs that eke out a living under bigger things, such as butcher’s broom ( Ruscus aculeatus ) and fragrant sweet box ( sarcoccoca ).
  • (8) GRRRR," he guffawed, eyebrows wiggling lasciviously, before being ejected from Booty at 230mph courtesy of a broom and a gallon of budget acrylic nail glue.
  • (9) They are broom-, club- or long S-shaped, measuring 4-7 mm (long diameter) by 2-4 mm (short diameter) by 1-2 mm (thickness).
  • (10) Clearly, we may expect some of our new brooms to withdraw from the process in the coming weeks.
  • (11) Speaking to Guardian Australia in Broome, she says the impact of shutting services will be seen in the local parks in the town, where a significant population of homeless Aboriginal people already make camp.
  • (12) Piecing together accounts from friends, it appears this steeled Charlie’s resolve to visit his ex-wife and family in Broome, “by hook or by crook”, as one friend said, even though he was still on the end of a very long waiting list for the town’s Aboriginal dialysis clinic.
  • (13) Mr Hublot Possessions Room on the Broom Winner: Get a Horse!
  • (14) "People have described UK Methane as a company of two guys in a broom cupboard," she says.
  • (15) Mr. Hublot Possessions Room on the Broom Best short Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn't Me) Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just before Losing Everything) Helium Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa?
  • (16) With traditional grass brooms the opposition party’s symbol, a group of young boys, including one who had no legs, swept to the beat of drums and traditional guitars outside.
  • (17) She had been sleeping rough in Broome for about two years.
  • (18) With traditional grass brooms - the opposition party’s symbol - a group of young boys, including one who had no legs, swept to the beat of drums and traditional guitars outside.
  • (19) Barnett made the comments to PerthNow on Thursday morning, the same time as a meeting of the alliance of WA land councils in Broome.
  • (20) Charlie’s death is now with the Broome coroner, who is waiting for toxicology, pathology and police reports before deciding on an inquiry.

Sweeper


Definition:

  • (n.) One who, or that which, sweeps, or cleans by sweeping; a sweep; as, a carpet sweeper.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) There is no graffiti and no rubbish, because a street sweeper is using a machine to blow leaves into piles.
  • (2) According to the occupation registered on their licence, the 6630 drivers were distributed into three groups: (1) professional drivers (n = 1726), (2) non-professional drivers "more exposed" to exhaust gas and fumes (this group included occupations such as vehicle mechanic, policeman, road sweeper; n = 712), and (3) non-professional drivers "less exposed," composed of all other occupations (n = 4192).
  • (3) Wright was not used as a sweeper but rather as a spare man in a flat back four.
  • (4) In the Barbara Vine book, The Chimney Sweeper’s Boy (1998), the death of a leading author, Gerard Candless, leads to the discovery that almost every detail of his life had been a fiction.
  • (5) Comparisons between indoor aspirator catches and outdoor mechanical sweeper collections enabled mosquito resting habits to be classified as: (1) endophilic (Anopheles culicifacies, An.
  • (6) What can I do?” The street sweeper demanded 75 Turkish lira and pointed to a small hole in the fence, not far from the main gate.
  • (7) We present a case of occupation-related carcinoma of the scrotum (chimney sweeper's disease) in a black man.
  • (8) Thanks to Manuel Neuer the era of “sweeper-keepers”, boasting strong lines in fancy footwork, is upon us.
  • (9) He was credited with developing the "sweeper-keeper" style of play, when a keeper acts as an extra defender when needed.
  • (10) He set about interviewing the crossing-sweepers, Punch and Judy entertainers, sandwich-sellers, rag-gatherers, rat-killers, doll's-eye makers, thieves, prostitutes, beggars, and all the other pieces of human flotsam and jetsam that had washed up in the capital.
  • (11) As a goalkeeper, he was ahead of his time, operating not only with athleticism and anticipation in the goal itself, but always ready to act as a kind of sweeper if his defence were breached, dashing well beyond his penalty area to kick the ball clear.
  • (12) This study intends to identify the occupational risks that the street sweepers are exposed by handling diary with the urban trash.
  • (13) Road sweepers, street cleaners all deserve a decent home, they certainly don’t deserve to be priced out of council property.
  • (14) Until we have a rainfall, or the city’s huge street sweeper mob arrive, you often find dust particles in your eyes and mouth.
  • (15) The ball came to the sweeper Augenthaler, who flipped an inviting angled pass over the top.
  • (16) "It is not men who immigrate but machine-minders, sweepers, diggers, cement mixers, cleaners, drillers, etc," writes Berger beneath a picture of two officials looking out over hundreds of workers at a recruitment centre in Istanbul.
  • (17) Other street cleaners are self-employed: street sweepers who move round after the dustmen work for tips from local residents, and bottle collectors make a living – just about – by selling on plastic bottles for recycling.
  • (18) The man glanced around uneasily, and finally approached a street sweeper in a blue jumpsuit.
  • (19) Measurements performed on 176 subjects, without isolating them from day-to-day work, showed 220Rn levels having a median of 0.74 Bq, with the group consisting of sweepers and helpers showing the highest average level (1.68 Bq).
  • (20) That means the extra defensive cover of a sweeper system and just one change from the side that started against Cameroon: Peter Beardsley for the injured John Barnes.