rotate vs twirl

rotate

verb
  • To spin, turn, or revolve something. 

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

  • To spin, turn, or revolve. 

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

  • 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. 

twirl

verb
  • To twist round. 

  • To pitch. 

  • To rotate rapidly. 

  • To perform a twirl. 

noun
  • A little twist of some substance; a swirl. 

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

  • Any rotating movement; a spin. 

  • A prison guard. 

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