Spiral vs Gyrate - What's the difference?
spiral | gyrate |
(geometry) A curve that is the locus of a point that rotates about a fixed point while continuously increasing its distance from that point.
(informal) A helix.
A self-sustaining process with a lot of momentum involved, so it is difficult to accelerate or stop it at once.
Helical, like a spiral
To move along the path of a spiral or helix.
(figuratively) To increase continually.
To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado; to revolve.
As adjectives the difference between spiral and gyrate
is that spiral is helical, like a spiral while gyrate is having coils or convolutions.As verbs the difference between spiral and gyrate
is that spiral is to move along the path of a spiral or helix while gyrate is to revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado; to revolve.As a noun spiral
is a curve that is the locus of a point that rotates about a fixed point while continuously increasing its distance from that point.spiral
English
(wikipedia spiral)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* death spiral * downward spiral * graveyard spiral * spiral staircase * upward spiralAdjective
(-)Verb
- The falling leaves spiralled down from the tree.
- Her debts were spiralling out of control.