Main Difference
The main difference between Mop and Brush is that the Mop is a mass or bundle of coarse strings or yarn attached to a stick and Brush is a tool with bristles, wire or other filaments, used for cleaning, grooming hair, make up, painting, surface finishing and for many other purposes.
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Mop
A mop (such as a floor mop) is a mass or bundle of coarse strings or yarn, etc., or a piece of cloth, sponge, or other absorbent material, attached to a pole or stick. It is used to soak up liquid, for cleaning floors and other surfaces, to mop up dust, or for other cleaning purposes. The word (then spelled mappe) is attested in English as early as 1496, but new refinements and variations of mop designs have been introduced, from time to time. For example, American inventor Jacob Howe received U.S. patent #241 for a mop holder in 1837 and Thomas W. Stewart (U.S. patent #499,402) in 1893. At the 1968 Miss America protest, protestors symbolically threw a number of feminine products into a “Freedom Trash Can”, which included mops.
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Brush
A brush is a common tool with bristles, wire or other filaments. It generally consists of a handle or block to which filaments are affixed in either a parallel or perpendicular orientation, depending on the way the brush is to be gripped during use. The material of both the block and bristles or filaments is chosen to withstand hazards of its intended use, such as corrosive chemicals, heat or abrasion. It is used for cleaning, grooming hair, make up, painting, surface finishing and for many other purposes. It is one of the most basic and versatile tools in use today, and the average household may contain several dozen varieties.
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Mop (noun)
An implement for washing floors, or the like, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle.
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Mop (noun)
A dense head of hair.
“He ran a comb through his mop and hurried out the door.”
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Mop (noun)
A fair where servants are hired.
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Mop (noun)
The young of any animal; also, a young girl; a moppet.
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Mop (noun)
A made-up face; a grimace.
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Mop (verb)
To rub, scrub, clean or wipe with a mop, or as if with a mop.
“to mop (or scrub) a floor”
“to mop one’s face with a handkerchief”
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Mop (verb)
To make a wry expression with the mouth.
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Brush (noun)
An filaments attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes including cleaning, painting, and arranging hair.
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Brush (noun)
The act of brushing something.
“She gave her hair a quick brush.”
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Brush (noun)
A piece of conductive material, usually carbon, serving to maintain electrical contact between the stationary and rotating parts of a machine.
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Brush (noun)
A brush-like electrical discharge of sparks.
“corposant”
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Brush (noun)
Wild Wikipedia).
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Brush (noun)
A short and sometimes occasional encounter or experience.
“He has had brushes with communism from time to time.”
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Brush (noun)
The furry tail of an animal, especially of a fox.
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Brush (noun)
A tuft of hair on the mandibles.
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Brush (noun)
A short contest, or trial, of speed.
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Brush (noun)
An instrument, resembling a brush, used to produce a soft sound from drums or cymbals.
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Brush (noun)
An on-screen tool for “painting” a particular colour or texture.
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Brush (noun)
In 3D video games, a convex polyhedron, especially one that defines structure of the play area.
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Brush (noun)
The floorperson of a poker room, usually in a casino.
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Brush (noun)
(North boughs, especially balsam, locally cut and baled for export, usually for use in wreathmaking.
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Brush (verb)
To clean with a brush.
“Brush your teeth.”
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Brush (verb)
To untangle or arrange with a brush.
“Brush your hair.”
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Brush (verb)
To apply with a brush.
“Brush the paint onto the walls.”
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Brush (verb)
To remove with a sweeping motion.
“Brush the flour off your clothes.”
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Brush (verb)
To touch with a sweeping motion, or lightly in passing.
“Her scarf brushed his skin.”
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Brush (verb)
To clean one’s teeth by brushing them.
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Brush (noun)
an implement with a handle and a block of bristles, hair, or wire, used especially for cleaning, applying a liquid or powder to a surface, or arranging the hair
“a shaving brush”
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Brush (noun)
an act of sweeping, applying, or arranging with a brush or with one’s hand
“he gave the seat a brush”
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Brush (noun)
a light and fleeting touch
“the lightest brush of his lips against her cheek”
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Brush (noun)
a brief encounter with someone or something unpleasant or notable
“a brush with death”
“my first brush with fame”
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Brush (noun)
the bushy tail of a fox.
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Brush (noun)
a drumstick with long wire bristles, used to make a soft hissing sound on drums or cymbals.
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Brush (noun)
a piece of carbon or metal serving as an electrical contact with a moving part in a motor or alternator.
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Brush (noun)
girls or women regarded sexually
“‘Beer first, brush later.’”
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Brush (noun)
undergrowth, small trees, and shrubs.
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Brush (noun)
land covered with undergrowth, small trees, and shrubs.
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Brush (noun)
cut brushwood.
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Brush (noun)
dense forest.
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Brush (verb)
remove (dust or dirt) by sweeping or scrubbing
“we’ll be able to brush the mud off easily”
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Brush (verb)
use a brush or one’s hand to remove dust or dirt from (something)
“she brushed down her best coat”
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Brush (verb)
clean (one’s teeth) with a brush.
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Brush (verb)
arrange (one’s hair) by running a brush through it
“she carefully made up her face and brushed her long auburn hair”
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Brush (verb)
apply a liquid to (a surface) with a brush
“brush the potatoes with oil”
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Brush (verb)
touch lightly and gently
“stems of grass brush against her legs”
“their fingers brushed as she took the glass from him”
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Brush (verb)
push (something) away with a quick movement of the hand
“she brushed a wisp of hair away from her face”