Difference between Rotation and Gyration

What is the difference between Rotation and Gyration?

Rotation as a noun is the act of turning around a centre or an axis while Gyration as a noun is the act of turning or whirling, as around a fixed center; a circular or spiral motion; motion about an axis; rotation; revolution.

Rotation

Part of speech: noun

Definition: the act of turning around a centre or an axis a single complete cycle of such a turning a transformation of a coordinate system by rotating the axes around the origin a regular variation in a sequence, such as crop rotation The set of starting pitchers of a team.

Example sentence: I was full time on 'Party of Five' for one year, then more like a creative consultant for two years, where I was in the writing rotation but didn't have to go in every day or cover the set until midnight.

Gyration

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The act of turning or whirling, as around a fixed center; a circular or spiral motion; motion about an axis; rotation; revolution.One of the whorls of a spiral univalve shell.

We hope you now know whether to use Rotation or Gyration in your sentence.

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