cleanup vs housecleaning

housecleaning vs cleanup

cleanup and housecleaning both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cleanup	Yes	No	No	No
housecleaning	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, housecleaning is a hyponym of cleanup; that is, housecleaning is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than cleanup:

cleanup: the act of making something clean
housecleaning: the act of cleaning the rooms and furnishings of a house

Other hyponyms of cleanup include disinfestation, spring-cleaning, scouring, scrub, scrubbing, dry cleaning, sweeping, purge, purging, purification, sterilisation, sterilization, sanitation, sanitisation, sanitization, depilation, epilation, bathing, washup.

cleanup (noun)	housecleaning (noun)
the act of making something clean	the act of cleaning the rooms and furnishings of a house
(baseball) the fourth position in the batting order (usually filled by the best batter on the team)	(figurative) the act of reforming by the removal of unwanted personnel or practices or conditions
a very large profit

Difference between cleanup and housecleaning

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