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Invert vs Rotate - What's the difference?

invert | rotate |

In lang=en terms the difference between invert and rotate

is that invert is to turn (something) upside down or inside out; to place in a contrary order or direction while rotate is to replace older materials or to place older materials in front of newer ones so that older ones get used first.

As verbs the difference between invert and rotate

is that invert is to turn (something) upside down or inside out; to place in a contrary order or direction while rotate is to spin, turn, or revolve.

As adjectives the difference between invert and rotate

is that invert is (chemistry) subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted while rotate is having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped.

As a noun invert

is (archaic) a homosexual man.

invert

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To turn (something) upside down or inside out; to place in a contrary order or direction.
    • to invert a cup, the order of words, rules of justice, etc.
  • * Shakespeare
    • That doth invert the attest of eyes and ears, / As if these organs had deceptious functions.
  • * Cowper
    • Such reasoning falls like an inverted cone, / Wanting its proper base to stand upon.
  • (music) To move (the root note of a chord) up or down an octave, resulting in a change in pitch.
  • (chemistry) To undergo inversion, as sugar.
  • To divert; to convert to a wrong use.
    • (Knolles)

    Derived terms

    * invert sugar * inverted * invertible

    Related terms

    * inversion

    See also

    * convert

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) A homosexual man.
  • (architecture) An inverted arch (as in a sewer). *
  • The base of a tunnel on which the road or railway may be laid and used when construction is through unstable ground. It may be flat or form a continuous curve with the tunnel arch. invert (in'?vert) The floor or bottom of the internal cross section of a closed conduit, such as an aqueduct, tunnel, or drain - The term originally referred to the inverted arch used to form the bottom of a masonry?lined sewer or tunnel (Jackson, 1997) Wilson, W.E., Moore, J.E., (2003) Glossary of Hydrology, Berlin: Springer
  • (civil engineering) The lowest point inside a pipe at a certain point.
  • (civil engineering) An elevation of a pipe at a certain point along the pipe.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (chemistry) Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted.
    • invert sugar

    References

    English heteronyms

    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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