spiral vs rotation

rotation vs spiral

spiral and rotation both are nouns.

spiral is an adjective but rotation is not an adjective.

spiral is a verb but rotation is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
spiral	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
rotation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, rotation is a hypernym of spiral; that is, rotation is a word with a broader meaning than spiral:

spiral: flying downward in a helical path with a large radius
rotation: the act of rotating as if on an axis

Other hypernyms of spiral include rotary motion.

spiral (noun)	rotation (noun)
flying downward in a helical path with a large radius	the act of rotating as if on an axis
a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops	a planned recurrent sequence (of crops or personnel etc.)
ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center	a single complete turn (axial or orbital)
a continuously accelerating change in the economy	(mathematics) a transformation in which the coordinate axes are rotated by a fixed angle about the origin
a plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at increasing distances from the center
a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle

spiral (adjective)	rotation (adjective)
in the shape of a coil

spiral (verb)	rotation (verb)
to wind or move in a spiral course
move in a spiral or zigzag course
form a spiral

Difference between spiral and rotation

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