revolve vs spin around

revolve and spin around both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
revolve	No	No	Yes	No
spin around	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, spin around is a hyponym of revolve; that is, spin around is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than revolve:

Other hyponyms of revolve include drive in, screw, screw, wheel, wheel around, gyrate, reel, spin, whirl, swirl, twiddle, twirl, whirl.

revolve (verb)	spin around (verb)
turn on or around an axis or a center	revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
move in an orbit
cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis