Flip vs. Spin — What's the Difference?

To throw or toss with a light brisk motion

To rotate rapidly; whirl.

To toss in the air, imparting a spin

To have a sensation of whirling, as from dizziness; reel

To cause to turn over or around, especially with a light quick motion

To make thread or yarn by drawing out and twisting fibers.

To turn through (papers, for example); leaf

To extrude viscous filaments, forming a web or cocoon.

To strike quickly or lightly; flick

To fish with a light rod, lure, and line and a reel with a stationary spool.

To move or act on with a quick motion

To cause to rotate swiftly; twirl

To change or reverse (one's position or attitude).

To shape or manufacture by a twirling or rotating process.

To buy and resell (a house, for example) in a short period of time for a profit.

(Informal) To play (a recorded piece of music, such as a phonograph record), especially as a disc jockey.

To turn over from one side to another or end over end

To provide an interpretation of (a statement or event, for example), especially in a way meant to sway public opinion

To turn a somersault, especially in the air.

To draw out and twist (fibers) into thread.

To move up and down in twists and turns

To form (thread or yarn) in this manner.

To move quickly and lightly; snap

To form (a web or cocoon, for example) by extruding viscous filaments.

To leaf; browse

To relate or create

To change one's mind, especially on a political position.

The act of spinning.

To go crazy.

A swift whirling motion.

To react strongly and especially enthusiastically

A state of mental confusion

A flick or tap.

(Informal) A short drive in a vehicle

A short, quick movement

The flight condition of an aircraft in a nose-down, spiraling, stalled descent.

A somersault.

A distinctive point of view, emphasis, or interpretation

(Informal) A reversal; a flipflop.

A distinctive character or style

A mixed drink made with any of various alcoholic beverages and often including beaten eggs.

The angular momentum of rotation of a rigid body about its own axis.

Marked by casual disrespect; impertinent

The intrinsic angular momentum of a subatomic particle. Also called spin angular momentum.

A maneuver which rotates an object end over end.

(ergative) To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.

A complete change of direction, decision, movement etc.

To enter, or remain in, a spin (abnormal stalled flight mode).

(archaic) A fillip or light blow.

To cause one's aircraft to enter or remain in a spin (abnormal stalled flight mode).

(dated) A whit or jot; the tiniest amount.

(transitive) To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.

A slingshot.

(figurative) To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance.

A hairstyle popular among boys in the 1960s–70s and 2000s–10s, in which the hair goes halfway down the ears, at which point it sticks out

To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.

(informal) The purchase of an asset (usually a house) which is then improved and sold quickly for profit.

To move sideways when bouncing.

The tendency of a gun's barrel to jerk about at the moment of firing.

(cooking) To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar

A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron (a "flip dog").

To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, etc.) from threads produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent liquid, which hardens on coming into contact with the air; said of the spider, the silkworm, etc.

(transitive) To throw so as to turn over.

To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against it with a smooth hand tool or roller while the metal revolves, as in a lathe.

(transitive) To put into a quick revolving motion through a snap of the thumb and index finger.

To move swiftly.

To win a state (or county) won by another party in the preceding elections.

To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet.

To turn state's evidence; to agree to testify against one's co-conspirators in exchange for concessions from prosecutors.

To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true.

To induce someone to turn state's evidence; to get someone to agree to testify against their co-conspirators in exchange for concessions.

To play (vinyl records, etc.) as a disc jockey.

To go berserk or crazy.

To use an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.

To buy an asset (usually a house), improve it and sell it quickly for profit.

To ride a bicycle at a fast cadence.

To refinance (a loan), accruing additional fees.

To search rapidly.

To invert a bit (binary digit), changing it from 0 to 1 or from 1 to 0.

Rapid circular motion.

To hand over or pass along.

(physics) A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment.

To switch to another task, etc.

A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation.

Having the quality of playfulness, or lacking seriousness of purpose.

(sports) Rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces.

Sarcastic.

(aviation) A condition of flight where a stalled aircraft is simultaneously pitching, yawing and rolling in a spinning motion.

(informal) Disrespectful, flippant.

(mechanical engineering) An abnormal condition in journal bearings where the bearing seizes to the rotating shaft and rotates inside the journal, destroying both the shaft and the journal.

A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron.

A brief trip by vehicle, especially one made for pleasure.

To toss (an object) into the air so as make it turn over one or more times; to fillip; as, to flip up a cent.

A bundle of spun material; a mass of strands and filaments.

To turn (a flat object) over with a quick motion; as, to flip a card over; to flip a pancake.

A single play of a record by a radio station.

To cause (a person) to turn against former colleagues, such as to become a witness for the state, in a criminal prosecution in which the person is a defendant.

A search of a prisoner's cell for forbidden articles.

To resell (an asset) rapidly to make a quick profit.

(dated) An unmarried woman; a spinster.

To become insane or irrational; - often used with out; as, seeing her mother killed made the girl flip out.

(uncountable) The use of an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.

An acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return

Special interest of an autistic person.

Hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg

To draw out, and twist into threads, either by the hand or machinery; as, to spin wool, cotton, or flax; to spin goat's hair; to produce by drawing out and twisting a fibrous material.

The act of flipping a coin

To draw out tediously; to form by a slow process, or by degrees; to extend to a great length; - with out; as, to spin out large volumes on a subject.

A dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the water

To protract; to spend by delays; as, to spin out the day in idleness.

(sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team;

To cause to turn round rapidly; to whirl; to twirl; as, to spin a top.

Lightly throw to see which side comes up;

To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, or the like) from threads produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent liquid, which hardens on coming into contact with the air; - said of the spider, the silkworm, etc.

Cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation;

To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against it with a smooth hand tool or roller while the metal revolves, as in a lathe.

Look through a book or other written material;

To practice spinning; to work at drawing and twisting threads; to make yarn or thread from fiber; as, the woman knows how to spin; a machine or jenny spins with great exactness.

Toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air

To move round rapidly; to whirl; to revolve, as a top or a spindle, about its axis.

Cause to move with a flick;

To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet; as, blood spinsfrom a vein.

Throw or toss with a light motion;

To move swifty; as, to spin along the road in a carriage, on a bicycle, etc.

Move with a flick or light motion

The act of spinning; as, the spin of a top; a spin a bicycle.

Turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse;

Velocity of rotation about some specified axis.

Go mad, go crazy;

An interpretation of an event which is favorable to the interpreter or to the person s/he supports. A person whose task is to provide such interpretations for public relations purposes is called a spin doctor.

Reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)

A swift whirling motion (usually of a missile)

Marked by casual disrespect;

The act of rotating rapidly;

A short drive in a car;

Rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral

A distinctive interpretation (especially as used by politicians to sway public opinion);

Revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis;

Stream in jets, of liquids;

Cause to spin;

Make up a story;

Form a web by making a thread;

Work natural fibers into a thread;

Twist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation;

Prolong or extend;