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Whirl vs Circuit - What's the difference?

whirl | circuit |

As verbs the difference between whirl and circuit

is that whirl is (label) to rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly while circuit is (obsolete) to move in a circle; to go round; to circulate.

As nouns the difference between whirl and circuit

is that whirl is an act of whirling while circuit is the act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the earth around the sun.

whirl

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (label) To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.
  • * (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
  • He whirls his sword around without delay.
  • * 1900 , , (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz)
  • 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.
  • (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)
  • See, see the chariot, and those rushing wheels, / That whirled the prophet up at Chebar flood.
  • * (1809-1892)
  • The passionate heart of the poet is whirl'd into folly.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of whirling.
  • She gave the top a whirl and it spun across the floor.
  • Something that whirls.
  • A confused tumult.
  • A rapid series of events
  • My life is one social whirl .
  • Dizziness or giddiness.
  • A brief experiment or trial.
  • OK, let's give it a whirl .

    Derived terms

    * whirligig * whirlpool English terms with homophones

    circuit

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the earth around the sun.
  • The circumference of, or distance around, any space; the measure of a line around an area.
  • *
  • That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown.
  • *
  • The space enclosed within a circle, or within limits.
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  • (electricity) Enclosed path of an electric current, usually designed for a certain function.
  • A regular or appointed journeying from place to place in the exercise of one's calling, as of a judge, or a preacher.
  • (legal) A certain division of a state or country, established by law for a judge or judges to visit, for the administration of justice.
  • (legal)
  • (Methodist Church) A district in which an itinerant preacher labors.
  • By analogy to the proceeding three, a set of theaters among which the same acts circulate; especially common in the heyday of vaudeville.
  • (obsolete) circumlocution
  • * Huloet
  • Thou hast used no circuit of words.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To move in a circle; to go round; to circulate.
  • (obsolete) To travel around.
  • Having circuited the air.
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