Turning vs Contraversive - What's the difference?
turning | contraversive |
(British) A turn or deviation from a straight course.
* Take the second turning on the left.
(senseid)The shaping of wood or metal on a lathe.
The act of turning.
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(plural only) Shavings produced by turning something on a lathe.
* The turnings get into your trouser turnups!
* The Earth is turning about its axis as we speak.
* He made wooden soldiers by turning them on a hand lathe.
As a noun turning
is a turn or deviation from a straight course.As a verb turning
is present participle of lang=en.As an adjective contraversive is
turning in the other direction.turning
English
Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place.}}