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Rollover vs Rotate - What's the difference?

rollover | rotate |

As a noun rollover

is the act of rolling over.

As a verb rotate is

to spin, turn, or revolve.

As an adjective rotate is

having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped.

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.
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  • 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.

    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)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped.
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