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Difference Between Swirl and Twirl

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Swirl

To move with a twisting or whirling motion; eddy.

Twirl

To rotate or revolve briskly; swing in a circle; spin
Twirled a baton to lead the band.

Swirl

To be dizzy or disoriented.

Twirl

To twist or wind around
Twirl thread on a spindle.

Swirl

To be arranged in a spiral, whorl, or twist.

Twirl

To move or spin around rapidly, suddenly, or repeatedly
The pinwheel twirled in the breeze.
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Swirl

To cause to move with a twisting or whirling motion
Swirled the drink with her straw.

Twirl

To whirl or turn suddenly; make an about-face
Twirled in the direction of the noise.

Swirl

To form into or arrange in a spiral, whorl, or twist.

Twirl

(Baseball) To pitch.

Swirl

A whirling or eddying motion or mass
A swirl of white water.

Twirl

The act of twirling or the condition of being twirled; a quick spinning or twisting.
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Swirl

Something, such as a curl of hair, that coils, twists, or whirls.

Twirl

Something twirled; a twist
A twirl of cotton candy.

Swirl

Whirling confusion or disorder
"high-pressure farce built around the swirl of mistaken identities" (Jay Carr).

Twirl

A movement where a person spins round elegantly; a pirouette.

Swirl

(ambitransitive) To twist or whirl, as an eddy.
I swirled my brush around in the paint.

Twirl

Any rotating movement; a spin.
The conductor gave his baton a twirl, and the orchestra began to play.

Swirl

To be arranged in a twist, spiral or whorl.

Twirl

A little twist of some substance; a swirl.

Swirl

(figuratively) To circulate.

Twirl

(slang) A prison guard.

Swirl

To mingle interracially.

Twirl

(intransitive) To perform a twirl.

Swirl

A whirling eddy.

Twirl

(transitive) To rotate rapidly.

Swirl

A twist or coil of something.

Twirl

(transitive) To twist round.

Swirl

(fishing) The upward rushing of a fish through the water to take the bait.

Twirl

(baseball) To pitch.

Swirl

Interracial mingling e.g. dating, sex, marriage, etc..
She told that white boy she wasn't down with the swirl and to take himself a hike.

Twirl

To move or turn round rapidly; to whirl round; to move and turn rapidly with the fingers.
See ruddy maids,Some taught with dexterous hand to twirl the wheel.
No more beneath soft eve's consenting starFandango twirls his jocund castanet.

Swirl

To whirl, or cause to whirl, as in an eddy.

Twirl

To revolve with velocity; to be whirled round rapidly.

Swirl

A whirling motion; an eddy, as of water; a whirl.

Twirl

The act of twirling; a rapid circular motion; a whirl or whirling; quick rotation.

Swirl

The shape of something rotating rapidly

Twirl

A twist; a convolution.

Swirl

Turn in a twisting or spinning motion;
The leaves swirled in the autumn wind

Twirl

A sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight

Swirl

Flow in a circular current, of liquids

Twirl

The act of rotating rapidly;
He gave the crank a spin
It broke off after much twisting

Twirl

Turn in a twisting or spinning motion;
The leaves swirled in the autumn wind

Twirl

Cause to spin;
Spin a coin

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