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Rotary vs Rotative - What's the difference?

rotary | rotative |

As adjectives the difference between rotary and rotative

is that rotary is having or being capable of having rotation while rotative is turning like a wheel; rotary; rotational.

As a noun rotary

is a traffic circle.

rotary

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Having or being capable of having rotation.
  • :A rotary engine revolves the heads rather than having pistons go back and forth.

    • Noun

    (rotaries)
  • (New England) A traffic circle.
  • Usually with a capital initial, short for , an international club for community service.

    • rotative

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Turning like a wheel; rotary; rotational.
  • * Siemens
    • This high rotative velocity of the sun must cause an equatorial rise of the solar atmosphere.

    Derived terms

    * rotative engine (Webster 1913) ----