Revolve vs. Rotate
Revolveverb
(intransitive) To orbit a central point.
Revolveverb
(intransitive) To turn on an axis.
Revolveverb
(transitive) To cause to turn.
Revolveverb
(intransitive) To recur in cycles.
Revolveverb
(transitive) To ponder on; to reflect repeatedly upon; to consider all aspects of.
Revolvenoun
The rotation of part of the scenery within a theatrical production.
Revolvenoun
(obsolete) A radical change; revolution.
Revolveverb
To turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel; to rotate, - which is the more specific word in this sense.
Revolveverb
To move in a curved path round a center; as, the planets revolve round the sun.
Revolveverb
To pass in cycles; as, the centuries revolve.
Revolveverb
To return; to pass.
Revolveverb
To cause to turn, as on an axis.
Revolveverb
Hence, to turn over and over in the mind; to reflect repeatedly upon; to consider all aspects of.
Revolveverb
turn on or around an axis or a center;
Revolveverb
move in an orbit;
Revolveverb
cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis;
Rotateverb
(intransitive) To spin, turn, or revolve.
Rotateverb
(intransitive) To advance through a sequence; to take turns.
Rotateverb
To lift the nose, just prior to takeoff.
Rotateverb
(transitive) To spin, turn, or revolve something.
Rotateverb
(transitive) To advance something through a sequence.
Rotateverb
(transitive) To replace older materials or to place older materials in front of newer ones so that older ones get used first.
Rotateverb
(transitive) To grow or plant (crops) in a certain order.
Rotateadjective
Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped.
Rotateadjective
Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped; as, a rotate spicule or scale; a rotate corolla, i.e., a monopetalous corolla with a flattish border, and no tube or a very short one.
Rotateverb
To turn, as a wheel, round an axis; to revolve.
Rotateverb
To perform any act, function, or operation in turn, to hold office in turn; as, to rotate in office.
Rotateverb
To cause to turn round or revolve, as a wheel around an axle.
Rotateverb
To cause to succeed in turn; esp., to cause to succeed some one, or to be succeeded by some one, in office.
Rotateverb
turn on or around an axis or a center;
Rotateverb
exchange on a regular basis;
Rotateverb
cause to turn on an axis or center;
Rotateverb
perform a job or duty on a rotating basis;
Rotateverb
turn outward;
Rotateverb
plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession;
