rotate vs whirl

rotate

verb
  • To spin, turn, or revolve. 

  • To grow or plant (crops) in a certain order. 

  • To lift the nose during takeoff, just prior to liftoff. 

  • To spin, turn, or revolve something. 

  • To advance through a sequence; to take turns. 

  • To advance something through a sequence; to allocate or deploy in turns. 

  • To replace older materials or to place older materials in front of newer ones so that older ones get used first. 

adj
  • Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped. 

whirl

verb
  • To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly. 

  • To make something or someone whirl. 

  • To have a sensation of spinning or reeling. 

  • To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch. 

noun
  • (usually following “give”) A brief experiment or trial. 

  • Something that whirls. 

  • A rapid series of events. 

  • Dizziness or giddiness. 

  • An act of whirling. 

  • A confused tumult. 

How often have the words rotate and whirl occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )