Axle vs. Pivot — What's the Difference?

An axle or axletree is a central shaft for a rotating wheel or gear. On wheeled vehicles, the axle may be fixed to the wheels, rotating with them, or fixed to the vehicle, with the wheels rotating around the axle.

The central point, pin, or shaft on which a mechanism turns or oscillates.

A supporting shaft or member on or with which a wheel or a set of wheels revolves.

Turn on or as if on a pivot

The spindle of an axletree.

A short rod or shaft on which a related part rotates or swings.

Either end of an axletree.

A person or thing on which something depends; the central or crucial factor

(obsolete) Shoulder.

The act of turning on a pivot.

The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel.

A dramatic change in policy, position, or strategy

A transverse bar or shaft connecting the opposite wheels of a car or carriage; an axletree.

A person around which a formation of marching people turns.

An axis.

(Sports) A player who plays at the center of the offense.

The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel.

A position taken by an offensive player usually facing away from the basket near the foul line to relay passes, attempt a shot, or set screens.

A transverse bar or shaft connecting the opposite wheels of a car or carriage; an axletree.

The stationary foot around which the ball handler is allowed to pivot without dribbling.

An axis; as, the sun's axle.

To mount on, attach by, or provide with a pivot or pivots.

A shaft on which a wheel rotates

To cause to rotate, revolve, or turn

To turn on a pivot.

To depend or be centered

To make a dramatic change in policy, position, or strategy

A thing on which something turns; specifically a metal pointed pin or short shaft in machinery, such as the end of an axle or spindle.

Something or someone having a paramount significance in a certain situation.

Act of turning on one foot.

(military) The officer or soldier who simply turns in his place while the company or line moves around him in wheeling.

(roller derby) A player with responsibility for co-ordinating their team in a particular jam.

(computing) An element of a set to be sorted that is chosen as a midpoint, so as to divide the other elements into two groups to be dealt with recursively.

(computing) A pivot table.

(GUI) Any of a row of captioned elements used to navigate to subpages, rather like tabs.

(mathematics) An element of a matrix that is used as a focus for row operations, such as dividing the row by the pivot, or adding multiples of the row to other rows making all other values in the pivot column 0.

(Canadian football) A quarterback.

(handball) A circle runner.

A shift during a general election in a political candidate's messaging to reflect plans and values more moderate than those advocated during the primary.

(intransitive) To turn on an exact spot.

To make a sudden or swift change in strategy, policy, etc.

To change the direction of a business, usually in response to changes in the market.

To shift a political candidate's messaging during a general election to reflect plans and values more moderate than those advocated during the primary.

A fixed pin or short axis, on the end of which a wheel or other body turns.

The end of a shaft or arbor which rests and turns in a support; as, the pivot of an arbor in a watch.

Hence, figuratively: A turning point or condition; that on which important results depend; as, the pivot of an enterprise.

The officer or soldier who simply turns in his place whike the company or line moves around him in wheeling; - called also pivot man.

To place on a pivot.

The person in a rank around whom the others wheel and maneuver

Axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns

The act of turning on (or as if on) a pivot;

Turn on a pivot