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Rotate vs Shiftwork - What's the difference?

rotate | shiftwork |

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.

As a noun shiftwork is

scheduled work outside of customary daylight working hours.

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.
  • a rotate''' spicule or scale; a '''rotate corolla
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    shiftwork

    English

    Alternative forms

    * shift work

    Noun

    (-)
  • Scheduled work outside of customary daylight working hours.
  • A mode of employment in which sets of workers are rotated to maintain a continuous operation.