Roll vs. Tilt — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Roll and Tilt
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Roll
Move in a particular direction by turning over and over on an axis
The car rolled down into a ditch
She rolled the ball across the floor
Tilt
Move or cause to move into a sloping position
The floor tilted slightly
He tilted his head to one side
Roll
(of a vehicle) move or run on wheels
The van was rolling along the lane
Tilt
(in jousting) thrust at with a lance or other weapon
The lonely hero tilting at the system
He tilts at his prey
Roll
Turn (something flexible) over and over on itself to form a cylinder, tube, or ball
She started to roll up her sleeping bag
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Tilt
A sloping position or movement
The tilt of her head
Roll
Flatten (something) by passing a roller over it or by passing it between rollers
Roll out the dough on a floured surface
Tilt
A combat for exercise or sport between two men on horseback with lances; a joust.
Roll
(of a loud, deep sound) reverberate
The first peals of thunder rolled across the sky
Tilt
A small hut in a forest.
Roll
Rob (someone, typically when they are intoxicated or asleep)
If you don't get drunk, you don't get rolled
Tilt
To cause to slope, as by raising one end; incline
Tilt a soup bowl.
Tilt a chair backward.
Roll
A cylinder formed by winding flexible material round a tube or by turning it over and over on itself without folding
A roll of carpet
Tilt
To cause to be advantageous to one party rather than another
A development that tilted the balance of trade in their favor.
Roll
A movement in which someone or something turns or is turned over on itself
A roll of the dice
Tilt
To aim or thrust (a lance) in a joust.
Roll
A prolonged, deep, reverberating sound
Thunder exploded, roll after roll
Tilt
To charge (an opponent); attack.
Roll
A very small loaf of bread, to be eaten by one person
Soup with a roll
A bacon roll
Tilt
To forge with a tilt hammer.
Roll
An official list or register of names
The school had no one by his name on its roll
Tilt
To slope; incline
The field tilts toward the river.
Roll
Undulation of the landscape
Hidden by the roll of the land was a refinery
Tilt
To have a preference, favor, or be inclined toward something
She recently tilted toward vegetarianism.
Roll
A roller for flattening something, especially one used to shape metal in a rolling mill.
Tilt
To be advantageous to one side over another, as in a dispute
"The battle ... was beginning to tilt again in the Confederates' favor" (Stephen W. Sears).
Roll
To move forward along a surface by revolving on an axis or by repeatedly turning over.
Tilt
To fight with lances; joust.
Roll
To travel or be moved on wheels or rollers
Rolled down the sidewalk on their scooters.
Tilt
To engage in a combat or struggle; fight
Tilting at injustices.
Roll
To travel around; wander
Roll from town to town.
Tilt
To cover (a vehicle) with a canopy or an awning.
Roll
To travel or be carried in a vehicle.
Tilt
The act of tilting or the condition of being tilted.
Roll
To be carried on a stream
The logs rolled down the cascading river.
Tilt
An inclination from the horizontal or vertical; a slant
Adjusting the tilt of a writing table.
Roll
To start to move or operate
The press wouldn't roll.
Tilt
A sloping surface, as of the ground.
Roll
To work or succeed in a sustained way; gain momentum
The political campaign finally began to roll.
Tilt
A tendency to favor one side in a dispute
The court's tilt toward conservative rulings.
Roll
To go by; elapse
The days rolled along.
Tilt
A preference, inclination, or bias
"pitilessly illuminates the inaccuracies and tilts of the press" (Nat Hentoff).
Roll
To recur. Often used with around
Summer has rolled around again.
Tilt
A medieval sport in which two mounted knights with lances charged together and attempted to unhorse one another.
Roll
To move in a periodic revolution, as a planet in its orbit.
Tilt
A thrust or blow with a lance.
Roll
To turn over and over
The puppy rolled in the mud.
Tilt
A combat, especially a verbal one; a debate.
Roll
To shift the gaze usually quickly and continually
The child's eyes rolled with fright.
Tilt
A tilt hammer.
Roll
To turn around or revolve on an axis.
Tilt
New England See seesaw.
Roll
To move or advance with a rising and falling motion; undulate
The waves rolled toward shore.
Tilt
A canopy or an awning for a boat, wagon, or cart.
Roll
To extend or appear to extend in gentle rises and falls
The dunes roll to the sea.
Tilt
(transitive) To slope or incline (something); to slant.
Tilt the barrel to pour out its contents.
Roll
To move or rock from side to side
The ship pitched and rolled in heavy seas.
Tilt
(intransitive) To be at an angle.
Roll
To walk with a swaying, unsteady motion.
Tilt
To charge (at someone) with a lance.
Roll
(Slang) To experience periodic rushes after taking an intoxicating drug, especially MDMA.
Tilt
(transitive) To point or thrust a weapon at.
Roll
To take the shape of a ball or cylinder
Yarn rolls easily.
Tilt
(transitive) To point or thrust (a weapon).
Roll
To become flattened by pressure applied by a roller.
Tilt
To forge (something) with a tilt hammer.
To tilt steel in order to render it more ductile
Roll
To make a deep, prolonged, surging sound
Thunder rolled in the distance.
Tilt
To intentionally let the ball fall down to the drain by disabling flippers and most targets, done as a punishment to the player when the machine is nudged too violently or frequently.
Roll
To make a sustained trilling sound, as certain birds do.
Tilt
To play worse than usual (often as a result of previous bad luck or losses).
Roll
To beat a drum in a continuous series of short blows.
Tilt
(transitive) To cover with a tilt, or awning.
Roll
To pour, flow, or move in a continual stream
Tourists rolling into the city.
Tilt
A slope or inclination.
Roll
To enjoy ample amounts
Rolled in the money.
Tilt
The inclination of part of the body, such as backbone, pelvis, head, etc.
Roll
To cause to move forward along a surface by revolving on an axis or by repeatedly turning over.
Tilt
(photography) The controlled vertical movement of a camera, or a device to achieve this.
Roll
To move or push along on wheels or rollers
Rolled the plane out of the hangar.
Tilt
A jousting contest. (countable)
Roll
To impel or send onward in a steady, swelling motion
The sea rolls its waves onto the sand.
Tilt
An attempt at something, such as a tilt at public office.
Roll
To impart a swaying, rocking motion to
Heavy seas rolled the ship.
Tilt
A thrust, as with a lance.
Roll
To turn around or partly turn around; rotate
Rolled his head toward the door.
Tilt
A tilt hammer.
Roll
To cause to begin moving or operating
Roll the cameras.
Roll the presses.
Tilt
A canvas covering for carts, boats, etc.
Roll
To extend or lay out
Rolled out a long rope.
Tilt
Any covering overhead; especially, a tent.
Roll
To pronounce or utter with a trill
You must roll your r's in Spanish.
Tilt
A covering overhead; especially, a tent.
Roll
To utter or emit in full, swelling tones.
Tilt
The cloth covering of a cart or a wagon.
Roll
To beat (a drum) with a continuous series of short blows.
Tilt
A cloth cover of a boat; a small canopy or awning extended over the sternsheets of a boat.
Roll
To wrap (something) round and round upon itself or around something else. Often used with up
Roll up a poster.
Tilt
A thrust, as with a lance.
Roll
To envelop or enfold in a covering
Roll dirty laundry in a sheet.
Tilt
A military exercise on horseback, in which the combatants attacked each other with lances; a tournament.
Roll
To make by shaping into a ball or cylinder
Roll a cigarette.
Tilt
See Tilt hammer, in the Vocabulary.
Roll
To spread, compress, or flatten by applying pressure with a roller
Roll pastry dough.
Tilt
Inclination forward; as, the tilt of a cask.
Roll
(Printing) To apply ink to (type) with a roller or rollers.
Tilt
To cover with a tilt, or awning.
Roll
(Games) To throw (dice), as in craps.
Tilt
To incline; to tip; to raise one end of for discharging liquor; as, to tilt a barrel.
Roll
(Slang) To rob (a drunken, sleeping, or otherwise helpless person).
Tilt
To point or thrust, as a lance.
Sons against fathers tilt the fatal lance.
Roll
The act or an instance of rolling.
Tilt
To point or thrust a weapon at.
Roll
Something rolled up
A roll of tape.
Tilt
To hammer or forge with a tilt hammer; as, to tilt steel in order to render it more ductile.
Roll
A quantity, as of cloth or wallpaper, rolled into a cylinder and often considered as a unit of measure.
Tilt
To run or ride, and thrust with a lance; to practice the military game or exercise of thrusting with a lance, as a combatant on horseback; to joust; also, figuratively, to engage in any combat or movement resembling that of horsemen tilting with lances.
He tiltsWith piercing steel at bold Mercutio's breast.
Swords out, and tilting one at other's breast.
But in this tournament can no man tilt.
The fleet, swift tilting, o'er the urges flew.
Roll
A piece of parchment or paper that may be or is rolled up; a scroll.
Tilt
To lean; to fall partly over; to tip.
The trunk of the body is kept from tilting forward by the muscles of the back.
Roll
A register or a catalogue.
Tilt
A combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances
Roll
A list of names of persons belonging to a group.
Tilt
A contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement;
They were involved in a violent argument
Roll
A mass in cylindrical or rounded form
A roll of tobacco.
Tilt
A slight but noticeable partiality;
The court's tilt toward conservative rulings
Roll
A small loaf of bread, portioned for one individual and often served as a side dish or appetizer or used to make a sandwich.
Tilt
The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical;
The tower had a pronounced tilt
The ship developed a list to starboard
He walked with a heavy inclination to the right
Roll
A portion of food wrapped around a filling
Cinnamon roll.
Sushi roll.
Tilt
Pitching dangerously to one side
Roll
A rolling, swaying, or rocking motion.
Tilt
To incline or bend from a vertical position;
She leaned over the banister
Roll
A gentle swell or undulation of a surface
The roll of the plains.
Tilt
Heel over;
The tower is tilting
The ceiling is slanting
Roll
A deep reverberation or rumble
The roll of thunder.
Tilt
Move sideways or in an unsteady way;
The ship careened out of control
Roll
A rapid succession of short sounds
The roll of a drum.
Tilt
Charge with a tilt
Roll
A trill
The roll of his r's.
Roll
A resonant, rhythmical flow of words.
Roll
A roller, especially a cylinder on which to roll something up or with which to flatten something.
Roll
An amount of rotation around a longitudinal axis, as of an aircraft or boat.
Roll
A maneuver in which an airplane makes a single complete rotation about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude.
Roll
(Slang) Money, especially a wad of paper money.
Roll
(transitive) To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surface.
To roll a wheel, a ball, or a barrel.
Roll
(intransitive) To turn over and over.
The child will roll on the floor.
Roll
(intransitive) To tumble in gymnastics; to do a somersault.
Roll
(transitive) To wrap (something) round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over.
To roll a sheet of paper; to roll clay or putty into a ball.
Roll
(transitive) To bind or involve by winding, as in a bandage; to enwrap; often with up.
To roll up the map for shipping.
Roll
(intransitive) To be wound or formed into a cylinder or ball.
The cloth rolls unevenly; the snow rolls well.
Roll
(ergative) To drive or impel forward with an easy motion, as of rolling.
This river will roll its waters to the ocean.
Roll
(ergative) To utter copiously, especially with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; — often with forth, or out.
To roll forth someone's praises; to roll out sentences.
Roll
(transitive) To press or level with a roller; to spread or form with a roll, roller, or rollers.
To roll a field;
To roll paste;
To roll steel rails.
Roll
(intransitive) To spread itself under a roller or rolling-pin.
The pastry rolls well.
Roll
(ergative) To move, or cause to be moved, upon, or by means of, rollers or small wheels.
Roll
To leave or begin a journey.
I want to get there early; let's roll.
Roll
To compete, especially with vigor.
OK guys, we're only down by two points. Let's roll!
Roll
(transitive) To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon.
Roll
(geometry) To apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping; to bring all the parts of (one line or surface) into successive contact with another, in such a manner that at every instant the parts that have been in contact are equal.
Roll
(transitive) To turn over in one's mind; to revolve.
Roll
To behave in a certain way; to adopt a general disposition toward a situation.
I was going to kick his ass, but he wasn't worth getting all worked up over; I don't roll like that.
Roll
To throw dice.
Roll
To roll dice such that they form a given pattern or total.
If you roll doubles, you get an extra turn.
With two dice, you're more likely to roll seven than ten.
Roll
(RPG) To create a new character in a role-playing game, especially by using dice to determine properties.
I'm gonna go and roll a new shaman tonight.
Roll
To generate a random number.
Roll
To rotate about the fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down. Compare pitch.
Roll
To travel by sailing.
Roll
(transitive) To beat up; to assault.
Roll
To cause to betray secrets or to testify for the prosecution.
The feds rolled him by giving him a free pass for most of what he'd done.
Roll
To betray secrets.
He rolled on those guys after being in jail two days.
Roll
To be under the influence of MDMA (a psychedelic stimulant, also known as ecstasy).
Roll
To (cause to) film.
The cameras are rolling.
It's time to roll the cameras.
Roll
To slip past (a defender) with the ball.
Roll
(intransitive) To have a rolling aspect.
The hills rolled on
Roll
To perform a periodical revolution; to move onward as with a revolution.
The years roll on.
Roll
(intransitive) To move, like waves or billows, with alternate swell and depression.
Roll
To move and cause an effect on someone
Roll
(intransitive) To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise.
The thunder rolled and the lightning flashed.
Roll
(transitive) To utter with an alveolar trill.
Many languages roll their r's.
Roll
To enrobe in toilet-paper (as a prank or spectacle).
The kids rolled the principal's house and yard.
Roll
(transitive) To create a customized version of.
Roll
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Roll
To engage in sparring in the context of jujitsu or other grappling disciplines.
Roll
To load ocean freight cargo onto a vessel other than the one it was meant to sail on.
Containers will be rolled to another mother vessel.
Roll
The act or result of rolling, or state of being rolled.
The roll of a ball
Look at the roll of the waves.
The roll of her eyes
Roll
A forward or backward roll in gymnastics; going head over heels. A tumble.
Roll
Something which rolls.
Roll
A heavy cylinder used to break clods.
Roll
One of a set of revolving cylinders, or rollers, between which metal is pressed, formed, or smoothed, as in a rolling mill.
To pass rails through the rolls
Roll
A swagger or rolling gait.
Roll
A heavy, reverberatory sound.
Hear the roll of cannon.
There was a roll of thunder and the rain began to pour down.
Roll
The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.
Roll
The oscillating movement of a nautical vessel as it rotates from side to side, about its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching; or the equivalent in an aircraft.
Roll
(nautical) The measure or extent to which a vessel rotates from side to side, about its fore-and-aft axis.
Roll
The rotation angle about the longitudinal axis.
Calculate the roll of that aircraft.
Roll
An instance of the act of rolling an aircraft through one or more complete rotations about its longitudinal axis.
The pilots entertained the spectators at the airshow by doing multiple rolls.
Roll
The act of, or total resulting from, rolling one or more dice.
Make your roll.
Whoever gets the highest roll moves first.
Roll
A winning streak of continuing luck, especially at gambling and especially in the phrase on a roll.
He is on a roll tonight.
Roll
A training match for a fighting dog.
Roll
An instance of the act of righting a canoe or kayak which has capsized, without exiting the watercraft, or being assisted.
That was a good roll.
Roll
(paddlesport) The skill of righting a canoe or kayak which has capsized, without exiting the watercraft, or being assisted.
She has a bombproof roll.
Roll
(finance) Any of various financial instruments or transactions that involve opposite positions at different expiries, "rolling" a position from one expiry to another.
Roll
That which is rolled up.
A roll of fat, of wool, paper, cloth, etc.
Roll
A document written on a piece of parchment, paper, or other materials which may be rolled up; a scroll.
Roll
An official or public document; a register; a record.
Roll
A catalogue or list, (especially) one kept for official purposes.
Several people sued the state after finding out that they'd been removed from the voter rolls for having died, despite their not actually being dead.
Roll
A quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form.
A roll of carpeting; a roll of ribbon
Roll
A cylindrical twist of tobacco.
Roll
A kind of shortened raised biscuit or bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself; see also bread roll.
Roll
(obsolete) A part; an office; a duty; a role.
Roll
A measure of parchments, containing five dozen.
Roll
To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surface; as, to roll a wheel, a ball, or a barrel.
Roll
To wrap round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over; as, to roll a sheet of paper; to roll parchment; to roll clay or putty into a ball.
Roll
To bind or involve by winding, as in a bandage; to inwrap; - often with up; as, to roll up a parcel.
Roll
To drive or impel forward with an easy motion, as of rolling; as, a river rolls its waters to the ocean.
The flood of Catholic reaction was rolled over Europe.
Roll
To utter copiously, esp. with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; - often with forth, or out; as, to roll forth some one's praises; to roll out sentences.
Who roll'd the psalm to wintry skies.
Roll
To press or level with a roller; to spread or form with a roll, roller, or rollers; as, to roll a field; to roll paste; to roll steel rails, etc.
Roll
To move, or cause to be moved, upon, or by means of, rollers or small wheels.
Roll
To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon.
Roll
To apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping; to bring all the parts of (one line or surface) into successive contact with another, in suck manner that at every instant the parts that have been in contact are equal.
Roll
To turn over in one's mind; to revolve.
Full oft in heart he rolleth up and downThe beauty of these florins new and bright.
Roll
To move, as a curved object may, along a surface by rotation without sliding; to revolve upon an axis; to turn over and over; as, a ball or wheel rolls on the earth; a body rolls on an inclined plane.
And her foot, look you, is fixed upon a spherical stone, which rolls, and rolls, and rolls.
Roll
To move on wheels; as, the carriage rolls along the street.
Roll
To be wound or formed into a cylinder or ball; as, the cloth rolls unevenly; the snow rolls well.
Roll
To fall or tumble; - with over; as, a stream rolls over a precipice.
Roll
To perform a periodical revolution; to move onward as with a revolution; as, the rolling year; ages roll away.
Roll
To turn; to move circularly.
And his red eyeballs roll with living fire.
Roll
To move, as waves or billows, with alternate swell and depression.
What different sorrows did within thee roll.
Roll
To incline first to one side, then to the other; to rock; as, there is a great difference in ships about rolling; in a general semse, to be tossed about.
Twice ten tempestuous nights I rolled.
Roll
To turn over, or from side to side, while lying down; to wallow; as, a horse rolls.
Roll
To spread under a roller or rolling-pin; as, the paste rolls well.
Roll
To beat a drum with strokes so rapid that they can scarcely be distinguished by the ear.
Roll
To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise; as, the thunder rolls.
Man shall not suffer his wife go roll about.
Roll
The act of rolling, or state of being rolled; as, the roll of a ball; the roll of waves.
Roll
That which rolls; a roller.
Roll
That which is rolled up; as, a roll of fat, of wool, paper, cloth, etc.
Busy angels spreadThe lasting roll, recording what we say.
Roll
Hence, an official or public document; a register; a record; also, a catalogue; a list.
The rolls of Parliament, the entry of the petitions, answers, and transactions in Parliament, are extant.
The roll and list of that army doth remain.
Roll
A kind of shortened raised biscuit or bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself.
Roll
A quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form; as, a roll of carpeting; a roll of ribbon.
Roll
The oscillating movement of a vessel from side to side, in sea way, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching.
Roll
A heavy, reverberatory sound; as, the roll of cannon, or of thunder.
Roll
The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.
Roll
Part; office; duty; rôle.
Roll
Rotary motion of an object around its own axis;
Wheels in axial rotation
Roll
A list of names;
His name was struck off the rolls
Roll
A long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore
Roll
Photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light
Roll
A round shape formed by a series of concentric circles
Roll
A roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.);
He shot his roll on a bob-tailed nag
Roll
Small rounded bread either plain or sweet
Roll
A deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
Roll
The sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously
Roll
A document that can be rolled up (as for storage)
Roll
Anything rolled up in cylindrical form
Roll
The act of throwing dice
Roll
Walking with a rolling gait
Roll
A flight maneuver; aircraft rotates about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude
Roll
The act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)
Roll
Move by turning over or rotating;
The child rolled down the hill
Turn over on your left side
Roll
Move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle;
The President's convoy rolled past the crowds
Roll
Occur in soft rounded shapes;
The hills rolled past
Roll
Flatten or spread with a roller;
Roll out the paper
Roll
Emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound;
The thunder rolled
Rolling drums
Roll
Wrap or coil around;
Roll your hair around your finger
Twine the thread around the spool
Roll
Begin operating or running;
The cameras were rolling
The presses are already rolling
Roll
Shape by rolling;
Roll a cigarette
Roll
Execute a roll, in tumbling;
The gymnasts rolled and jumped
Roll
Sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
Roll
Move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion;
The curtains undulated
The waves rolled towards the beach
Roll
Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment;
The gypsies roamed the woods
Roving vagabonds
The wandering Jew
The cattle roam across the prairie
The laborers drift from one town to the next
They rolled from town to town
Roll
Move, rock, or sway from side to side;
The ship rolled on the heavy seas
Roll
Cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis;
She rolled the ball
They rolled their eyes at his words
Roll
Pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/;
She rolls her r's
Roll
Boil vigorously;
The liquid was seething
The water rolled
Roll
Take the shape of a roll or cylinder;
The carpet rolled out
Yarn rolls well
Roll
Show certain properties when being rolled;
The carpet rolls unevenly
Dried-out tobacco rolls badly
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