drag vs sweep up

sweep up vs drag

drag is a noun but sweep up is not a noun.

drag and sweep up both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
drag	Yes	No	Yes	No
sweep up	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, drag and sweep up are synonyms defined as:

drag and sweep up: force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action

Other synonyms of drag include drag in, embroil, sweep, tangle.

drag (noun)	sweep up (noun)
the act of dragging (pulling with force)
a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man)
something tedious and boring
something that slows or delays progress
the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid

drag (verb)	sweep up (verb)
proceed for an extended period of time	take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting	force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
suck in or take (air)
pull, as against a resistance
draw slowly or heavily
search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
to lag or linger behind
walk without lifting the feet
move slowly and as if with great effort
use an input device to move objects on the screen, or to select items (such as commands from a menu); drag the slider to increase or decrease rate; drag the handles on the image to resize it
force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action

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