Swirl vs. Twirl — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Swirl and Twirl
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Definitions
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