improvement vs cleanup

cleanup vs improvement

improvement and cleanup both are nouns.

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

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

improvement: the act of improving something
cleanup: the act of making something clean

Other hyponyms of improvement include tenderisation, tenderization, development, cleaning, cleansing, correction, rectification, optimisation, optimization, perfection, reform, amelioration, betterment, melioration, self-improvement, self-reformation, clarification, clearing, enrichment, humanisation, humanization, modernisation, modernization, overhaul, redevelopment, renovation, enhancement, sweetening, upturn, airing, ventilation, fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, repair, reparation, stabilisation, stabilization, upgrade, turd polishing, business process reengineering.

improvement (noun)	cleanup (noun)
the act of improving something	the act of making something clean
a change for the better; progress in development	(baseball) the fourth position in the batting order (usually filled by the best batter on the team)
a condition superior to an earlier condition	a very large profit

Difference between improvement and cleanup

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