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Rotate vs Twizzle - What's the difference?

rotate | twizzle |

As verbs the difference between rotate and twizzle

is that rotate is to spin, turn, or revolve while twizzle is to rotate, spin or twirl.

As an adjective rotate

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

As a noun twizzle is

a turning, twisting or spinning motion.

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.
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    twizzle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A turning, twisting or spinning motion.

    • Verb

    (twizzl)
  • To rotate, spin or twirl.