Hoover vs. Vacuum

Hoover vs. Vacuum — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Hoover and Vacuum

Hoovernoun

A vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.

Vacuumnoun

A region of space that contains no matter.

Hooververb

To clean (a room, etc.) with a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.

I need to hoover this room.

Vacuumnoun

(plural only "vacuums") A vacuum cleaner.

Hooververb

To use a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.

My husband is upstairs, hoovering.

Vacuumnoun

The condition of rarefaction, or reduction of pressure below that of the atmosphere, in a vessel, such as the condenser of a steam engine, which is nearly exhausted of air or steam, etc.

a vacuum of 26 inches of mercury, or 13 pounds per square inch
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Hooververb

(transitive) To suck in or inhale, as if by a vacuum cleaner.

Vacuumnoun

(physics) A spacetime having tensors of zero magnitude

Hoovernoun

United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932)

Vacuumverb

(transitive) To clean (something) with a vacuum cleaner.

Hoovernoun

United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972)

Vacuumverb

(intransitive) To use a vacuum cleaner.

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Hoovernoun

31st President of the United States; in 1929 the stock market crashed and the economy collapsed and Hoover was defeated for re-election by Franklin Roosevelt (1874-1964)

Vacuumverb

To optimise a database or database table by physically removing deleted tuples.

Hoovernoun

a kind of vacuum cleaner

Vacuumnoun

the absence of matter

Hooververb

clean with a vacuum cleaner;

vacuum the carpets

Vacuumnoun

an empty area or space;

the huge desert voidsthe emptiness of outer spacewithout their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum

Vacuumnoun

a region empty of matter

Vacuumnoun

an electrical home appliance that cleans by suction

Vacuumverb

clean with a vacuum cleaner;

vacuum the carpets