pirouette vs twirl

pirouette

noun
  • A whirling or turning on the toes in dancing, primarily in ballet. 

  • The whirling about of a horse. 

verb
  • To perform a pirouette; to whirl on the toes, like a dancer. 

twirl

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

  • A little twist of some substance; a swirl. 

  • Any rotating movement; a spin. 

  • A prison guard. 

verb
  • To twist round. 

  • To pitch. 

  • To rotate rapidly. 

  • To perform a twirl. 

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