Swirl vs. Twirl — What's the Difference?

To move with a twisting or whirling motion; eddy.

To rotate or revolve briskly; swing in a circle; spin

To be dizzy or disoriented.

To twist or wind around

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

To move or spin around rapidly, suddenly, or repeatedly

To cause to move with a twisting or whirling motion

To whirl or turn suddenly; make an about-face

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

(Baseball) To pitch.

A whirling or eddying motion or mass

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

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

Something twirled; a twist

Whirling confusion or disorder

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

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

Any rotating movement; a spin.

To be arranged in a twist, spiral or whorl.

A little twist of some substance; a swirl.

(figuratively) To circulate.

(slang) A prison guard.

To mingle interracially.

(intransitive) To perform a twirl.

A whirling eddy.

(transitive) To rotate rapidly.

A twist or coil of something.

(transitive) To twist round.

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

(baseball) To pitch.

Interracial mingling e.g. dating, sex, marriage, etc..

To move or turn round rapidly; to whirl round; to move and turn rapidly with the fingers.

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

To revolve with velocity; to be whirled round rapidly.

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

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

The shape of something rotating rapidly

A twist; a convolution.

Turn in a twisting or spinning motion;

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

Flow in a circular current, of liquids

The act of rotating rapidly;

Turn in a twisting or spinning motion;

Cause to spin;