gyrate vs rotate

gyrate and rotate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
gyrate	No	No	Yes	No
rotate	No	No	Yes	No

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

Other hypernyms of gyrate include go around, revolve.

gyrate (verb)	rotate (verb)
to wind or move in a spiral course	plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession
revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis	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