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Eddy vs Whorl - What's the difference?

eddy | whorl |

As a proper noun eddy

is a diminutive of edward, edgar, edwin, or other male given names beginning with ed-.

As a noun whorl is

a pattern of concentric circles.

As a verb whorl is

to form a pattern of concentric circles.

eddy

English

Noun

(eddies)
  • A current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current.
  • A circular current; a whirlpool.
  • * Dryden
    • And smiling eddies dimpled on the main.
  • * Addison
    • Wheel through the air, in circling eddies play.

    See also

    * countercurrent * dust devil

    Verb

  • To form an eddy; to move in, or as if in, an eddy; to move in a circle.
  • * Wordsworth
    • Eddying round and round they sink.

    References

    Anagrams

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    whorl

    English

    (wikipedia whorl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A pattern of concentric circles.
  • (botany) A circle of three or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem.
  • (zoology) A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell.
  • (archaic) A flywheel, a weight attached to a spindle, compare 1460.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To form a pattern of concentric circles.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2008, date=February 12, author=Jennifer Dunning, title=Modern Style, Old-Fashioned Virtues, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=“Waves Against the Sand,” to music by Martinu, which opened the program, filled the stage space with whorling patterns of dancers surging with the gentle but ceaseless momentum of the sea. }}

    References

    * * * whorl, Glossary of Terms, American Rhododendron Society English terms with homophones