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Revolve vs Rollover - What's the difference?

revolve | rollover |

As a verb revolve

is (label) to orbit a central point.

As a noun rollover is

the act of rolling over.

revolve

English

Verb

  • (label) To orbit a central point.
  • To turn on an axis.
  • *
    • It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve . There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.
  • (label) To recur in cycles.
  • (label) To ponder on, to reflect repeatedly upon, to consider all aspects of.
  • * 1843 , (Thomas Carlyle), '', Bk.2, Ch.6, ''Monk Samson :
    • He sits silent, revolving many thoughts, at the foot of St. Edmund’s Shrine.

    Related terms

    * revolution * revolver * the world doesn't revolve around you

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    rollover

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia rollover)
  • the act of rolling over
  • a road traffic accident in which a vehicle overturns
  • (computing) a graphic element that changes its shape or colour when the cursor moves over it
  • the process of reinvesting funds in a new issue of the same or similar investment
  • a fee paid by a borrower in order to defer full repayment of a loan
  • (British) in the National or European lottery, the situation in which a jackpot that has not been won is carried over to the next week
  • (pinball) A target on the pinball table that is activated when the ball rolls over it.
  • * 2010 , Bob LeVitus, Incredible iPhone Apps For Dummies (page 78)
    • One thing I hate about some pinball games is that they don't let you know your current objective, what happens when you hit specific targets or rollovers , or what targets you should be aiming for right now.