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Winding vs Rotate - What's the difference?

winding | rotate |

As verbs the difference between winding and rotate

is that winding is or winding can be while rotate is to spin, turn, or revolve.

As adjectives the difference between winding and rotate

is that winding is twisting, turning or sinuous while rotate is having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped.

As a noun winding

is something wound around something else or winding can be the act or process of winding (turning around).

winding

Etymology 1

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Verb

(head)
  • Noun

  • something wound around something else
  • the manner in which something is wound
  • one complete turn of something wound
  • (electrical) a length of wire wound around the core of an electrical transformer
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • twisting, turning or sinuous
  • spiral or helical
  • Etymology 2

    , as the wind was used to assist turning.

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

  • the act or process of winding (turning around)
  • Derived terms

    (Winding hole) * winding hole

    Anagrams

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    rotate

    English

    Verb

    (rotat)
  • to spin, turn, or revolve.
  • He rotated in his chair to face me.
  • to advance through a sequence; to take turns.
  • The nurses' shifts rotate each week.
  • (of aircraft) to lift the nose, just prior to takeoff.
  • The aircraft rotates at sixty knots.
  • to spin, turn, or revolve something.
  • Rotate the dial to the left.
  • to advance something through a sequence.
  • to replace older materials or to place older materials in front of newer ones so that older ones get used first.
  • The supermarket rotates the stock daily so that old foods don't sit around.
  • (of crops) to grow or plant in a certain order.
  • Synonyms

    * (to turn) revolve * (to make turn) circumvolve

    Derived terms

    * (l) * (l)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped.
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