Whirlpool vs Vertex - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between whirlpool and vertex

is that whirlpool is jacuzzi, hot tub while vertex is the highest point of something.

(wikipedia whirlpool)

(en noun)

A swirling body of water.

A whirlpool is an instance of a vortex produced by ocean tides, or by a hole underneath where the water would drain out, such as in a bathtub.

Turmoil, or agitated excitement.

* whirlpool galaxy

(wikipedia vertex)

(en-noun)

The highest point of something.

(anatomy) The highest surface on the skull.

(geometry) The common point of the two rays of the angle, or its equivalent structure in polyhedra (meeting of edges) and higher order polytopes.

(mathematics) A point on the curve with a local minimum or maximum of curvature.

(graph theory) One of the elements of a graph joined or not by edges to other vertices.

(computer graphics) A point in space, usually given in terms of its Cartesian coordinates.

(optics) The point where the surface of a lens crosses the optical axis.

(nuclear, or, particle physics) An interaction point.

(astrology) The point where the prime vertical meets the ecliptic in the western hemisphere of a natal chart.

* (highest point) acme, apex, peak, top * (part of a graph) node

* vertexal, vertexial