Circulate vs Whirl - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between circulate and whirl

is that circulate is to move in circles or through a circuit while whirl is (label) to rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.

an act of whirling.

(circulat)

to move in circles or through a circuit

to cause (a person or thing) to move in circles or through a circuit

to move from person to person, as at a party

to spread or disseminate

to circulate money or gossip

to become widely known

* put about * spread * disseminate

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(en verb)

(label) To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.

* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)

He whirls his sword around without delay.

* 1900 , , (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz)

The house whirled around two or three times and rose slowly through the air. Dorothy felt as if she were going up in a balloon.

(label) To have a sensation of spinning or reeling.

(label) To make something or someone whirl.

(label) To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch.

* (John Milton) (1608-1674)

See, see the chariot, and those rushing wheels, / That whirled the prophet up at Chebar flood.

* (1809-1892)

The passionate heart of the poet is whirl'd into folly.

(en noun)

An act of whirling.

She gave the top a whirl and it spun across the floor.

Something that whirls.

A confused tumult.

A rapid series of events

My life is one social whirl .

Dizziness or giddiness.

A brief experiment or trial.

OK, let's give it a whirl .

* whirligig * whirlpool English terms with homophones