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Swirls vs Eddy - What's the difference?

swirls | eddy |

As a noun swirls

is .

As a verb swirls

is (swirl).

As a proper noun eddy is

a diminutive of edward, edgar, edwin, or other male given names beginning with ed-.

swirls

English

Noun

(head)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (swirl)

    • eddy

    English

    Noun

    (eddies)
  • A current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current.
  • A circular current; a whirlpool.
  • * Dryden
    • And smiling eddies dimpled on the main.
  • * Addison
    • Wheel through the air, in circling eddies play.

    See also

    * countercurrent * dust devil

    Verb

  • To form an eddy; to move in, or as if in, an eddy; to move in a circle.
  • * Wordsworth
    • Eddying round and round they sink.

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