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wash vs pressure-wash

pressure-wash vs wash

wash is a noun but pressure-wash is not a noun.

wash and pressure-wash both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
wash Yes No Yes No
pressure-wash No No Yes No
As verbs, pressure-wash is a hyponym of wash; that is, pressure-wash is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than wash:
  • wash: cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water
  • pressure-wash: wash before painting to remove old paint and mildew
wash (noun) pressure-wash (noun)
any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out
the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other
a thin coat of water-base paint
the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)
the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)
wash (verb) pressure-wash (verb)
cleanse (one's body) with soap and water wash before painting to remove old paint and mildew
to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking
remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent
make moist
wash or flow against
form by erosion
wash by removing particles
cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water
separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)
clean with some chemical process
apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to
move by or as if by water
be capable of being washed
admit to testing or proof
Difference between wash and pressure-wash

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