Swirl vs Prerotation - What's the difference?
swirl | prerotation |
(ambitransitive) To twist or whirl, as an eddy.
* Charles Kingsley
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To be arranged in a twist, spiral or whorl.
(figuratively) to circulate
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As nouns the difference between swirl and prerotation
is that swirl is a whirling eddy while prerotation is a swirling motion in fluid entering a pump.As a verb swirl
is (ambitransitive) to twist or whirl, as an eddy.swirl
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* (l)Verb
(en verb)- I swirled my brush around in the paint.
- The river swirled along.
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British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party," New York Times (retrieved 29 May 2013):
- Mr. Cameron had a respite Thursday from the negative chatter swirling around him when he appeared outside 10 Downing Street to denounce the murder a day before of a British soldier on a London street.
