What is the difference between "scrub the floor" and "mop the floor" ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.

Am I correct in understanding that "scrub the floor" means that you clean the floor using a cloth, but "mop the floor" means that you use a special tool to do it? Thank you in advance!

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Tomator

2 February

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To mop is from "the floor mop" - a type of a broom for wet floor cleanup.

To scrub is to remove every single piece of dirt until it's 110% clean. Usually with a stiff brush and a lot of effort. Forrest Gump was scrubbing the floor in that scene where Bubba was reciting his shrimp recipes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rT5fYMfEUc

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Tomator

2 February

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To mop is from "the floor mop" - a type of a broom for wet floor cleanup.

To scrub is to remove every single piece of dirt until it's 110% clean. Usually with a stiff brush and a lot of effort. Forrest Gump was scrubbing the floor in that scene where Bubba was reciting his shrimp recipes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rT5fYMfEUc

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