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Whirling vs Whirring - What's the difference?

whirling | whirring |

As verbs the difference between whirling and whirring

is that whirling is present participle of lang=en while whirring is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between whirling and whirring

is that whirling is the action of the verb to whirl while whirring is a whirr, the sounds of a whirr.

As an adjective whirling

is that whirls or whirl.

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.}}

    whirring

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A whirr, the sounds of a whirr.

    • Verb

    (head)