rotate vs birl

rotate and birl both are verbs.

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

As verbs, birl is a hyponym of rotate; that is, birl is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than rotate:

Other hyponyms of rotate include crank, crank up, spin, twirl, whirl, birle.

rotate (verb)	birl (verb)
plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession	cause to spin
perform a job or duty on a rotating basis	cause a floating log to rotate by treading
cause to turn on an axis or center
turn on or around an axis or a center
turn outward
exchange on a regular basis