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Alternately vs Rotate - What's the difference?

alternately | rotate |

As an adverb alternately

is in reciprocal succession; succeeding by turns; in alternate order.

As a verb rotate is

to spin, turn, or revolve.

As an adjective rotate is

having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped.

alternately

English

Adverb

(-)
  • In reciprocal succession; succeeding by turns; in alternate order.
  • (mathematics) By alternation; when, in a proportion, the antecedent term is compared with antecedent, and consequent.

    • rotate

    English

    Verb

    (rotat)
  • to spin, turn, or revolve.
    • He rotated in his chair to face me.
  • to advance through a sequence; to take turns.
    • The nurses' shifts rotate each week.
  • (of aircraft) to lift the nose, just prior to takeoff.
    • The aircraft rotates at sixty knots.
  • to spin, turn, or revolve something.
    • Rotate the dial to the left.
  • to advance something through a sequence.
  • to replace older materials or to place older materials in front of newer ones so that older ones get used first.
    • The supermarket rotates the stock daily so that old foods don't sit around.
  • (of crops) to grow or plant in a certain order.

    • Synonyms

    * (to turn) revolve * (to make turn) circumvolve

    Derived terms

    * (l) * (l)

    Related terms

    * (l)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped.
    • a rotate''' spicule or scale; a '''rotate corolla
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