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Revolve vs Whirling - What's the difference?

revolve | whirling |

As verbs the difference between revolve and whirling

is that revolve is (label) to orbit a central point while whirling is .

As a noun whirling is

the action of the verb to whirl .

As an adjective whirling is

that whirls or whirl.

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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    whirling

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of the verb to whirl .

    • Adjective

    (head)
  • That whirls or whirl.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1892, author=(James Yoxall)
    • , chapter=5, title= The Lonely Pyramid , passage=The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. Whirling wreaths and columns of burning wind, rushed around and over them.}}