different between roving vs spinning

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??o?v??/

Adjective

roving (comparative more roving, superlative most roving)

1. wandering freely.

   His roving eyes never focused on anything specific.

   • 1989, Paul Chadwick, Concrete: Visible Breath, Dark Horse Books

     It could complicate things for our little household. Particularly when Larry’s roving eye is factored in.

Synonyms

• wandering

Derived terms

• roving eye
• roving reporter
• roving editor

Translations

Verb

roving

1. present participle of rove

Noun

roving (countable and uncountable, plural rovings)

1. A long and narrow bundle of fibre, usually used to spin woollen yarn.
2. The process of giving the first twist to yarn.

Anagrams

• voring

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sp?n??/

Adjective

spinning (not comparable)

1. Rapidly rotating on an axis; whirling.

Translations

Noun

spinning (countable and uncountable, plural spinnings)

1. The motion of something that spins.
   • 2005, Geoffrey Hemphill, Nico and the Unseen - A Voyage Into the Fourth Dimension (page 258)

     these uncontrollable spinnings of the head

2. The process of converting fibres into yarn or thread.
3. Indoor cycling on an exercise bicycle.

Translations

Verb

spinning

1. present participle of spin

Derived terms

Anagrams

• pinnings

Spanish

Etymology

From English spinning.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /es?pinin/, [es?pi.n?n]

Noun

spinning m (uncountable)

1. spinning (indoor cycling)