Swirl vs. Twirl

Swirlverb

(ambitransitive) To twist or whirl, as an eddy.

‘I swirled my brush around in the paint.’;

Twirlnoun

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

Swirlverb

To be arranged in a twist, spiral or whorl.

Twirlnoun

Any rotating movement; a spin].

‘The conductor gave his baton a twirl, and the orchestra began to play.’;

Swirlverb

(figuratively) to circulate

Twirlnoun

A little twist of some substance; a swirl.

Swirlnoun

A whirling eddy.

Twirlnoun

(slang) A prison guard.

Swirlnoun

A twist or coil of something.

Twirlverb

(intransitive) To perform a twirl.

Swirlnoun

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

Twirlverb

(transitive) To rotate rapidly.

Swirlverb

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

Twirlverb

(transitive) To twist round.

Swirlnoun

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

Twirlverb

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.’;

Swirlnoun

the shape of something rotating rapidly

Twirlverb

To revolve with velocity; to be whirled round rapidly.

Swirlverb

turn in a twisting or spinning motion;

‘The leaves swirled in the autumn wind’;

Twirlnoun

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

Swirlverb

flow in a circular current, of liquids

Twirlnoun

A twist; a convolution.

Twirlnoun

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

Twirlnoun

the act of rotating rapidly;

‘he gave the crank a spin’; ‘it broke off after much twisting’;

Twirlverb

turn in a twisting or spinning motion;

‘The leaves swirled in the autumn wind’;

Twirlverb

cause to spin;

‘spin a coin’;