rotate vs spin around

rotate and spin around both are verbs.

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

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

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

rotate (verb)	spin around (verb)
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