different between rolling vs turning

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /????l??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??o?l??/
• Rhymes: -??l??
• Homophone: Rowling

Adjective

rolling (comparative more rolling, superlative most rolling)

1. (colloquial) Drunk; intoxicated from alcohol, staggering.
2. Staggered in time and space.

   a 90-day rolling business plan

   rolling blackouts or brownouts

3. Moving by turning over and over on an axis.
4. Extending in gentle undulations (of the landscape).
   • 2002, Russell Allen & Michael Romeo, "Part II - Journey to Ithaca" of "The Odyssey", "Incantations of the Apprentice", on Symphony X, The Odyssey.

5. Making a continuous sound.

Synonyms

• (drunk): See Thesaurus:drunk
• (staggered): spaced out, chequerwise
• (moving by turning over repeatedly): spinning, tumbling
• (undulating of the landscape):

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

rolling

1. present participle of roll

Synonyms

• rowling

Derived terms

• get the ball rolling, keep the ball rolling
• rolling in dough, rolling in money

Noun

rolling (plural rollings)

1. The act by which something is rolled.
   • 2007, Greg Patent, Dave McLean, A Baker's Odyssey

     Refrigerating the dough between rollings and foldings also makes the dough easy to handle and prevents the butter from becoming too soft.

English

Etymology

turn +? -ing

Pronunciation

• enPR: tûr?-n?ng, IPA^(key): /?t??.n??/
  • (UK) IPA^(key): [?t??.n??]
  • (US) IPA^(key): [?t?.n??]
• Rhymes: -??(r)n??
• Hyphenation: turn?ing
• Rhymes: -??(?)n??

Noun

turning (plural turnings)

1. (Britain) A turn or deviation from a straight course.

   Take the second turning on the left.

2. (field hockey) At hockey, a foul committed by a player attempting to hit the ball who interposes their body between the ball and an opposing player trying to do the same.
4. The shaping of wood or metal on a lathe.
5. The act of turning.
6. (plural only) Shavings produced by turning something on a lathe.

   The turnings get into your trouser turnups!

Synonyms

• (shavings): swarf

Derived terms

• turning point

Translations

Verb

turning

1. present participle of turn

   The Earth is turning about its axis as we speak.

   He made wooden soldiers by turning them on a hand lathe.

Anagrams

• Ringnut, runting