revolve vs whirl

revolve is not a noun while whirl is a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
revolve	No	No	Yes	No
whirl	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, whirl is a hyponym of revolve; that is, whirl 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, spin around, swirl, twiddle, twirl.

revolve (noun)	whirl (noun)
	a usually brief attempt
	the act of rotating rapidly
	confused movement
	the shape of something rotating rapidly

revolve (verb)	whirl (verb)
turn on or around an axis or a center	flow in a circular current, of liquids
move in an orbit	turn in a twisting or spinning motion
cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis	cause to spin
	fly around
	revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis