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Whir vs Whirling - What's the difference?

whir | whirling |

As nouns the difference between whir and whirling

is that whir is while whirling is the action of the verb to whirl .

As verbs the difference between whir and whirling

is that whir is while whirling is .

As an adjective whirling is

that whirls or whirl.

whir

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • *1909 , (William Hope Hodgson), (The Ghost Pirates)
  • *:Suddenly, the time-keeper struck three bells, and the deeper notes of the bell forrard, answered them. I gave a start. It seemed to me that they had been struck close to my elbow. There was something unaccountably strange in the air that night. Then, even as the Second Mate answered the look-out's "All's well," there came the sharp whir and rattle of running gear, on the port side of the mainmast.

    • Verb

    (en-verb)

    • whirling

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of the verb to whirl .

    • Adjective

    (head)
  • That whirls or whirl.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1892, author=(James Yoxall)
    • , chapter=5, title= The Lonely Pyramid , passage=The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. Whirling wreaths and columns of burning wind, rushed around and over them.}}