crank up vs rotate

crank up and rotate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
crank up	No	No	Yes	No
rotate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, rotate is a hypernym of crank up; that is, rotate is a word with a broader meaning than crank up:

Other hypernyms of crank up include circumvolve.

crank up (verb)	rotate (verb)
rotate with a crank	plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession
start by cranking	perform a job or duty on a rotating basis
	cause to turn on an axis or center
	turn on or around an axis or a center
	turn outward
	exchange on a regular basis