Whirl vs Whirr - What's the difference?
whirl | whirr |
(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.
To move or vibrate (something) with a buzzing sound.
To make a sibilant buzzing or droning sound.
To cause (something) to make such a sound.
A sibilant buzz or vibration; the sound of something in rapid motion.
A bustle of noise and excitement.
In intransitive terms the difference between whirl and whirr
is that whirl is to have a sensation of spinning or reeling while whirr is to make a sibilant buzzing or droning sound.In transitive terms the difference between whirl and whirr
is that whirl is to remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch while whirr is to cause (something) to make such a sound.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 .