Swirl vs Whirly - What's the difference?
swirl | whirly |
(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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(informal) Visually suggestive of a swirl, whorl, or vortex.
(informal) That moves in a whirling motion.
As a noun swirl
is a whirling eddy.As a verb swirl
is (ambitransitive) to twist or whirl, as an eddy.As an adjective whirly is
(informal) visually suggestive of a swirl, whorl, or vortex.swirl
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Derived terms
* (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.
whirly
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Adjective
(er)- the whirly pattern on the wallpaper
- the whirly blades on top of a helicopter