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Rotate vs Corotate - What's the difference?

rotate | corotate |

As verbs the difference between rotate and corotate

is that rotate is to spin, turn, or revolve while corotate is to rotate in conjunction with another object.

As an adjective rotate

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

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)

    Related terms

    * (l)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped.
    • a rotate''' spicule or scale; a '''rotate corolla
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    corotate

    English

    Verb

    (corotat)
  • To rotate in conjunction with another object