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shirl

Whirl vs Shirl - What's the difference?

whirl | shirl |


As nouns the difference between whirl and shirl

is that whirl is an act of whirling while shirl is archaic form of lang=en.

As a verb whirl

is to rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.

As a proper noun Shirl is

a short form of the female given name Shirley.

Shirl vs Shill - What's the difference?

shirl | shill |


As nouns the difference between shirl and shill

is that shirl is (mineralogy) while shill is a person paid to endorse a product favourably, while pretending to be impartial.

As a verb shill is

(pejorative) to promote or endorse in return for payment, especially dishonestly.

Skirl vs Shirl - What's the difference?

skirl | shirl |


As a verb skirl

is (scotland|northern england) to make a shrill sound, as of bagpipes.

As a noun shirl is

(mineralogy).

Swirl vs Shirl - What's the difference?

swirl | shirl |


As nouns the difference between swirl and shirl

is that swirl is a whirling eddy while shirl is archaic form of lang=en.

As a verb swirl

is to twist or whirl, as an eddy.

As a proper noun Shirl is

a short form of the female given name Shirley.

Shorl vs Shirl - What's the difference?

shorl | shirl |


As nouns the difference between shorl and shirl

is that shorl is alternative form of schorl while shirl is archaic form of lang=en.

As a proper noun Shirl is

a short form of the female given name Shirley.

Shire vs Shirl - What's the difference?

shire | shirl |


As nouns the difference between shire and shirl

is that shire is former administrative area of britain; a county while shirl is (mineralogy).

As a verb shire

is to (re]])constitute as one or more shires or [[county|counties.

Shirk vs Shirl - What's the difference?

shirk | shirl |


As nouns the difference between shirk and shirl

is that shirk is one who shirks or shirk can be (islam) the unforgivable sin of idolatry while shirl is (mineralogy).

As a verb shirk

is to avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc; to stay away from.

Shirl vs Shiel - What's the difference?

shirl | shiel |


As nouns the difference between shirl and shiel

is that shirl is (mineralogy) while shiel is a shepherd's hut or shieling.

Shirr vs Shirl - What's the difference?

shirr | shirl |


As nouns the difference between shirr and shirl

is that shirr is (sewing) a shirring while shirl is (mineralogy).

As a verb shirr

is (us|sewing) to make gathers in textiles by drawing together parallel threads.

Shirl vs Thirl - What's the difference?

shirl | thirl |


As nouns the difference between shirl and thirl

is that shirl is (mineralogy) while thirl is (archaic|or|dialectal) a hole, aperture, especially a nostril.

As a verb thirl is

to pierce, perforate, penetrate or thirl can be (obsolete) to throw (a projectile).

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