Tilt vs. Swivel

Tiltverb

(transitive) To slope or incline (something); to slant.

Tiltverb

(jousting) To charge (at someone) with a lance.

Tiltverb

(intransitive) To be at an angle.

Tiltverb

(transitive) To point or thrust a weapon at.

Tiltverb

(transitive) To point or thrust (a weapon).

Tiltverb

To forge (something) with a tilt hammer.

Tiltverb

To play worse than usual (often as a result of previous bad luck or losses).

Tiltverb

(transitive) To cover with a tilt, or awning.

Tiltnoun

A slope or inclination.

Tiltnoun

A jousting contest. (countable)

Tiltnoun

A thrust, as with a lance.

Tiltnoun

(photography) The controlled vertical movement of a camera, or a device to achieve this

Tiltnoun

An attempt at something, such as a tilt at public office.

Tiltnoun

A tilt hammer.

Tiltnoun

The inclination of part of the body, such as backbone, pelvis, head, etc.

Tiltnoun

A canvas covering for carts, boats, etc.

Tiltnoun

Any covering overhead; especially, a tent.

Tiltnoun

A covering overhead; especially, a tent.

Tiltnoun

The cloth covering of a cart or a wagon.

Tiltnoun

A cloth cover of a boat; a small canopy or awning extended over the sternsheets of a boat.

Tiltnoun

A thrust, as with a lance.

Tiltnoun

A military exercise on horseback, in which the combatants attacked each other with lances; a tournament.

Tiltnoun

See Tilt hammer, in the Vocabulary.

Tiltnoun

Inclination forward; as, the tilt of a cask.

Tiltverb

To cover with a tilt, or awning.

Tiltverb

To incline; to tip; to raise one end of for discharging liquor; as, to tilt a barrel.

Tiltverb

To point or thrust, as a lance.

Tiltverb

To point or thrust a weapon at.

Tiltverb

To hammer or forge with a tilt hammer; as, to tilt steel in order to render it more ductile.

Tiltverb

To run or ride, and thrust with a lance; to practice the military game or exercise of thrusting with a lance, as a combatant on horseback; to joust; also, figuratively, to engage in any combat or movement resembling that of horsemen tilting with lances.

Tiltverb

To lean; to fall partly over; to tip.

Tiltnoun

a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances

Tiltnoun

a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement;

Tiltnoun

a slight but noticeable partiality;

Tiltnoun

the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical;

Tiltnoun

pitching dangerously to one side

Tiltverb

to incline or bend from a vertical position;

Tiltverb

heel over;

Tiltverb

move sideways or in an unsteady way;

Tiltverb

charge with a tilt

Tiltverb

move or cause to move into a sloping position

Tiltverb

change or cause to change in favour of one person or thing as opposed to another

Tiltverb

move (a camera) in a vertical plane

Tiltverb

(in jousting) thrust at with a lance or other weapon

Tiltverb

engage in a contest with

Tiltnoun

a sloping position or movement

Tiltnoun

an upwards or downwards pivoting movement of a camera

Tiltnoun

an inclination or bias

Tiltnoun

a combat for exercise or sport between two men on horseback with lances; a joust.

Tiltnoun

an attempt at winning (something) or defeating (someone)

Tiltnoun

a small hut in a forest.

Swivelnoun

(mechanical) A piece, as a ring or hook, attached to another piece by a pin, in such a manner as to permit rotation about the pin as an axis.

Swivelnoun

(military) A small piece of ordnance, turning on a point or swivel; called also swivel gun.

Swivelnoun

(slang) Strength of mind or character that enables one to overcome adversity; confidence; force of will.

Swivelnoun

(dance) A rotating of the hips.

Swivelverb

(intransitive) To swing or turn, as on a pin or pivot.

Swivelnoun

A piece, as a ring or hook, attached to another piece by a pin, in such a manner as to permit rotation about the pin as an axis.

Swivelnoun

A small piece of ordnance, turning on a point or swivel; - called also swivel gun.

Swivelverb

To swing or turn, as on a pin or pivot.

Swivelnoun

a coupling (as in a chain) that has one end that turns on a headed pin

Swivelverb

turn on a pivot

Swivelnoun

a coupling between two parts enabling one to revolve without turning the other.

Swivelverb

turn around a point or axis or on a swivel

Swivel

A swivel is a connection that allows the connected object, such as a gun, chair, swivel caster, or an anchor rode to rotate horizontally or vertically.