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Rolling vs Birthday - What's the difference?

rolling | birthday |

As nouns the difference between rolling and birthday

is that rolling is the act by which something is rolled while birthday is the anniversary of the day on which someone is born.

As a verb rolling

is .

rolling

English

Verb

(head)
  • Staggered in time and space; used with blackout, brownout, introduction.
  • Synonyms

    * rowling

    Derived terms

    * rolling in dough, rolling in money * rolling introduction * rolling stock

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is rolled.
  • * 2007 , Greg Patent, ?Dave McLean, A Baker's Odyssey
  • Refrigerating the dough between rollings and foldings also makes the dough easy to handle and prevents the butter from becoming too soft.

    birthday

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The anniversary of the day on which someone is born.
  • * 1867 , , Chapter 2: Treats Of Oliver Twist's Growth, Education, And Board,
  • Oliver Twist's ninth birthday found him a pale thin child, somewhat diminutive in stature, and decidedly small in circumference.
  • * 1903', '', The Fifth Surprise: The Monarch Celebrates His ' Birthday ,
  • One of the Wise Men said the King was born in February; another declared it was in May, and a third figured the great event happened in October. So the King issued a royal decree that he should have three birthdays' every year, in order to be on the safe side; and whenever he happened to think of it he put in an odd ' birthday or two for luck.
  • * 1906 , , Chapter 9: The pride of Perks,
  • "And we thought we'd make a nice birthday for him. He's been so awfully jolly decent to us, you know, Mother," said Peter, "and we agreed that next bun-day we'd ask you if we could."
  • * (editor), Diary of Cotton Mather , Volume 1: 1681-1708, footnote, page 1,
  • It was his custom to begin a new year's record on February 12, his birthday .
  • * 1921 June 4, ,
  • The King's Birthday , which occurred yesterday, will be officially observed to-day, and the customary list of honours conferred on the occasion is published.
  • The anniversary of the day on which something is created.
  • The date on which someone is born or something is created, more commonly called birthdate' or '''date of birth .
  • Derived terms

    * birthday boy * birthday cake * birthday card * birthday girl * birthday honour * birthday suit * half birthday * happy birthday * rebirthday * unbirthday

    See also

    * name day * deathday 1000 English basic words