broom vs besom
besom vs broombroom and besom both are nouns.
broom is a verb but besom is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| broom | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| besom | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
besom is a hyponym of
broom; that is, besom is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
broom:
- broom: a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle
- besom: a broom made of twigs tied together on a long handle
| broom (noun) | besom (noun) |
|---|---|
| a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle | a broom made of twigs tied together on a long handle |
| any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers | |
| common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the Northern Hemisphere |
| broom (verb) | besom (verb) |
|---|---|
| sweep with a broom or as if with a broom | |
| finish with a broom |
Words related to "broom"
- Calluna
- Calluna vulgaris
- Cytisus albus
- Cytisus multiflorus
- Cytisus scoparius
- Genista anglica
- Genista hispanica
- Genista tinctoria
- Papilionoideae
- Scotch broom
- Scots heather
- Spanish broom
- Spanish gorse
- Spartium junceum
- besom
- broom handle
- broom tree
- broomstick
- bush
- cleaning device
- cleaning equipment
- cleaning implement
- common broom
- dyer's greenweed
- dyer's-broom
- dyeweed
- finish
- genus Calluna
- green broom
- greenweed
- heath
- heather
- ling
- needle furze
- pass over
- petty whin
- push broom
- shrub
- subfamily Papilionoideae
- sweep
- weaver's broom
- weeping tree broom
- whin
- whisk
- whisk broom
- white Spanish broom
- white broom
- wipe
- woadwaxen
- woodwaxen
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