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Rotating vs Rolling - What's the difference?

rotating | rolling |

As verbs the difference between rotating and rolling

is that rotating is present participle of lang=en while rolling is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective rotating

is that proceeds in sequence or in turns.

As a noun rolling is

the act by which something is rolled.

rotating

English

Adjective

(-)
  • that proceeds in sequence or in turns
    • a rotating presidency

    Verb

    (head)

    • Anagrams

    *

    rolling

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Staggered in time and space; used with blackout, brownout, introduction.

    • Synonyms

    * rowling

    Derived terms

    * rolling in dough, rolling in money * rolling introduction * rolling stock

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is rolled.
  • * 2007 , Greg Patent, ?Dave McLean, A Baker's Odyssey
    • Refrigerating the dough between rollings and foldings also makes the dough easy to handle and prevents the butter from becoming too soft.