ironing vs sweeping

ironing

noun
  • Laundry that has been washed and is ready to be ironed. 

  • The act of pressing clothes with an iron. 

  • Laundry that has recently been ironed. 

sweeping

noun
  • The activity of sweeping. 

  • An instance of sweeping. 

adj
  • Wide, broad, affecting or touching upon many things. 

  • Completely overwhelming. 

How often have the words ironing and sweeping occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )