I'm sometimes struck by the way some speakers/posters seem to use the word 'clean' instead of 'tidy. To me they are two different things. I tidy up the house by putting things away then I proceed to clean by which I mean wipe, dust, hoover, scrub or whatever needs to be done to actually clean the place.
Is just saying 'clean' implying tidying? I sometimes tidy but dont clean. Maybe 'clean in the sense of subsuming tidying is an Americanism?
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