Turning vs Creating - What's the difference?
turning | creating |
(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.
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As verbs the difference between turning and creating
is that turning is while creating is .As a noun turning
is (british) a turn or deviation from a straight course.turning
English
Noun
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Derived terms
* turning pointVerb
(head)Statistics
*creating
English
Verb
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