Whirl vs Axis - What's the difference?
whirl | axis |
(label) To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.
* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
* 1900 , , (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz)
(label) To have a sensation of spinning or reeling.
(label) To make something or someone whirl.
(label) To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch.
* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
* (1809-1892)
An act of whirling.
Something that whirls.
A confused tumult.
A rapid series of events
Dizziness or giddiness.
A brief experiment or trial.
(geometry) An imaginary line around which an object spins (an axis of rotation) or is symmetrically arranged (an axis of symmetry).
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(mathematics) A fixed one-dimensional figure, such as a line or arc, with an origin and orientation and such that its points are in one-to-one correspondence with a set of numbers; an axis forms part of the basis of a space or is used to position and locate data in a graph (a coordinate axis).
(anatomy) The second cervical vertebra of the spine.
(psychiatry) A form of classification and descriptions of mental disorders or disabilities used in manuals such as the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)
Axis axis , a deer native to Asia.
As nouns the difference between whirl and axis
is that whirl is an act of whirling while axis is an imaginary line around which an object spins (an axis of rotation) or is symmetrically arranged (an axis of symmetry).As a verb whirl
is to rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.As a proper noun Axis is
the alliance (in effect before and during World War II) of Germany, Italy, Japan, and several minor allied countries, which opposed the Allies.whirl
English
Verb
(en verb)- He whirls his sword around without delay.
- The house whirled around two or three times and rose slowly through the air. Dorothy felt as if she were going up in a balloon.
- See, see the chariot, and those rushing wheels, / That whirled the prophet up at Chebar flood.
- The passionate heart of the poet is whirl'd into folly.
Noun
(en noun)- She gave the top a whirl and it spun across the floor.
- My life is one social whirl .
- OK, let's give it a whirl .
Derived terms
* whirligig * whirlpool English terms with homophonesaxis
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(wikipedia axis)Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(axes)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.}}
- The Earth rotates once a day on its axis .