sweep up vs take up

take up vs sweep up

sweep up and take up both are verbs.

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

As verbs, take up is a hyponym of sweep up; that is, take up is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sweep up:

sweep up: take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
take up: adopt

Other hyponyms of sweep up include fasten on, hook on, latch on, seize on.

sweep up (verb)	take up (verb)
take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own	pursue or resume
force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action	return to a previous location or condition
	adopt
	take up as if with a sponge
	take out or up with or as if with a scoop
	accept
	take in, also metaphorically
	take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption
	occupy or take on
	take up and practice as one's own
	begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job
	turn one's interest to
	take up time or space

Difference between sweep up and take up

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