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Scroll vs Rotate - What's the difference?

scroll | rotate |

In intransitive terms the difference between scroll and rotate

is that scroll is to move in or out of view horizontally or vertically while rotate is to advance through a sequence; to take turns.

As verbs the difference between scroll and rotate

is that scroll is to change one's view of data on a computer's display, typically using a scroll bar or a scroll wheel while rotate is to spin, turn, or revolve.

As a noun scroll

is a roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll; a schedule; a list.

As an adjective rotate is

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

scroll

English

Alternative forms

* (l), (l), (l) (obsolete) * (l) (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll; a schedule; a list.
  • (architecture) An ornament formed of undulations giving off spirals or sprays, usually suggestive of plant form. Roman architectural ornament is largely of some scroll pattern.
  • A mark or flourish added to a person's signature, intended to represent a seal, and in some States allowed as a substitute for a seal. [U.S.] Alexander Mansfield Burrill.
  • Scroll-shaped end of a violin.
  • (geometry) a skew surface.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (computing) To change one's view of data on a computer's display, typically using a scroll bar or a scroll wheel.
    • She scrolled the offending image out of view.
  • To move in or out of view horizontally or vertically.
    • The rising credits slowly scrolled off the screen.
  • (internet) To flood a chat system with numerous lines of text, causing legitimate messages to scroll out of view before they can be read.
    • Hey, stop scrolling !
  • * 1998 , "rOOth", Brain's chat'' (on newsgroup ''alt.music.queen )
    • It's cool but i know why I prefer newsgroups : I just got banned for scrolling or summat : i was typing one word in each message so pppl(SIC) could read it cos it was going so fast - geez.

    Derived terms

    * overscroll * scrollbar, scroll bar * scroll lock * scroll wheel * side scroller English ergative verbs

    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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