winding vs rotation

winding and rotation both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of winding include rotary motion.

winding (noun)	rotation (noun)
the act of winding or twisting	the act of rotating as if on an axis
	a planned recurrent sequence (of crops or personnel etc.)
	a single complete turn (axial or orbital)
	(mathematics) a transformation in which the coordinate axes are rotated by a fixed angle about the origin

winding (adjective)	rotation (adjective)
marked by repeated turns and bends
of a path e.g.