What's the difference between chimney and sweeper?

Chimney


Definition:

  • (n.) A fireplace or hearth.
  • (n.) That part of a building which contains the smoke flues; esp. an upright tube or flue of brick or stone, in most cases extending through or above the roof of the building. Often used instead of chimney shaft.
  • (n.) A tube usually of glass, placed around a flame, as of a lamp, to create a draft, and promote combustion.
  • (n.) A body of ore, usually of elongated form, extending downward in a vein.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) On the banks of the Firth of Forth, the Longannet power station dominates the wintry horizon, a massive box in the shadow of its skyscraper chimney stack.
  • (2) The tea-shop owner’s home is just a couple of hundred metres from a huge, ageing coal-fired power plant in central Turkey , whose red-and-white chimneys spew dirty fumes.
  • (3) Air pollution was not the most immediate of problems but the canopy of smoke that belched from industrial and domestic chimneys began to attract attention.
  • (4) The Prestonpans factory was eclipsed by an even greater one – for a time it boasted the world’s highest chimney – that made bleach and sulphuric acid on the outskirts of Glasgow; and it was in Glasgow that some of the earliest cases of acid violence were recorded.
  • (5) The rapid acidification is caused by the massive amounts of carbon dioxide belched from chimneys and exhausts that dissolve in the ocean.
  • (6) In addition, the cleaning of furniture and carpets cost £571.05, new loft insulation cost £546.75, and two claims for a chimney sweep were £43 and £75 respectively.
  • (7) The refinery was working largely as usual, with steam pouring from vents on the complex of pipes, chimneys and girders which towers over the flatlands of the Humber estuary's south shore.
  • (8) The chimney-like features on the roofs are ventilators that help the houses to cool naturally.
  • (9) Up in the foothills of the Pyrenees, in a tiny village nestled amid breathtaking landscapes and eagles in flight, a man in a woolly hat pushes a wheelbarrow up a narrow street whistling to himself as the smell of woodsmoke drifts out of chimneys.
  • (10) This report documents survival of three consecutive patients treated by an adaptation of the Santulli "chimney" anastomosis.
  • (11) In about half the world's households, such fuels are used for cooking daily, usually without a flue or chimney and with poor ventilation.
  • (12) With chimney heights ranging from 12 to 36 mm and their inner diameters from 1 to 4 mm, greater than 70% of the resistance to evaporation is provided by the cover.
  • (13) The jury of nine men and three women at Maidstone crown court cleared the six, five of whom had scaled a 200m tall chimney at Kingsnorth power station at Hoo, Kent in October 2007.
  • (14) The refinery chimneys were spewing out 1.7 million tonnes of carbon dioxide into the air per year till 2011.
  • (15) It is characteristic in persons who already have livido reticularis and who expose themselves for several hours every day to the heat from chimneys or foot-warmers.
  • (16) Black smoke rising from the chapel's chimney signifies an inconclusive vote (traditionally damp straw was added to make the smoke black but a chemical compound is now used instead); white smoke – and the pealing of the basilica's bell to avoid any confusion about the colour of the smoke – means that a new pope has been elected.
  • (17) Accessible only on foot, the Needles section of the Canyonlands national park has pink and creamy turrets, chimneys, gullies, mysterious canyons and weird formations.
  • (18) The main area for improvement was the refinery at Rho where it was aimed to disperse gases at a higher level by raising the chimneys and to use fuel gas in those burners which were connected to lower chimneys.
  • (19) The power station will become a big Westfield with a shopping centre inside.” But Tincknell says the height of the new buildings will be capped at 60 metres, which means the brick colossus’s four white chimneys will be visible from afar.
  • (20) If you have a fireplace you don't use, fit either a cap over your chimney pot (best done by a professional) or an inflatable chimney balloon.

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.