Rolling vs Swath - What's the difference?
rolling | swath |
Staggered in time and space; used with blackout, brownout, introduction.
The act by which something is rolled.
* 2007 , Greg Patent, ?Dave McLean, A Baker's Odyssey
The track cut out by a scythe in mowing.
(often, figuratively) A broad sweep or expanse.
* {{quote-news, author=(Jesse Jackson), title=In the Ferguson era, Malcolm X’s courage in fighting racism inspires more than ever, work=(The Guardian) (London), date=20 February 2015
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As nouns the difference between rolling and swath
is that rolling is the act by which something is rolled while swath is the track cut out by a scythe in mowing.As a verb rolling
is present participle of lang=en.rolling
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Verb
(head)Synonyms
* rowlingDerived terms
* rolling in dough, rolling in money * rolling introduction * rolling stockNoun
(en noun)- Refrigerating the dough between rollings and foldings also makes the dough easy to handle and prevents the butter from becoming too soft.
swath
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Alternative forms
* swatheNoun
(en noun)- Five days after Hurricane Katrina, large swaths of New Orleans, such as Canal Street seen here, are still submerged in water.
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