Difference between Volute and Whorl

What is the difference between Volute and Whorl?

Volute as a noun is the spiral curve on an ionic capital. while Whorl as a noun is a pattern of concentric circles.

Volute

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The spiral curve on an Ionic capital. The spirls or whorls on a gastropod's shell. Any marine gastropod of the (super)family Volutidae.

Whorl

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A pattern of concentric circles.A circle of three or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem.A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell.A flywheel, a weight attached to a spindle, cf. 1460.

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