different between turnover vs inturn

English

Etymology

turn +? over

Pronunciation

Noun

turnover (countable and uncountable, plural turnovers)

1. The amount of money taken as sales transacted in a given period.

   The company had an annual turnover of $500,000.

2. The frequency with which stock is replaced after being used or sold, workers leave and are replaced, a property changes hands, etc.

   High staff-turnover can lead to low morale amongst employees

   Those apartments have a high turnover because they are so close to the railroad tracks.

3. A semicircular pastry made by turning one half of a circular crust over the other, enclosing the filling (usually fruit).

   They only served me one apple turnover for breakfast.

4. (sports) A loss of possession of the ball without scoring.

   The Nimrods committed another dismaying turnover en route to another humiliating loss.
5. A measure of leg speed: the frequency with which one takes strides when running, typically given in strides per minute.
6. The act or result of overturning something; an upset.

   a bad turnover in a carriage

7. (dated) An apprentice, in any trade, who is handed over from one master to another to complete his time.

Coordinate terms

• (a pastry of a filling enclosed in a folded crust): fritter, rissole

Translations

Adjective

turnover (not comparable)

1. Capable of being turned over; designed to be turned over.

   a turnover collar

Anagrams

• overturn

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English inturnen, equivalent to in- +? turn.

Verb

inturn (third-person singular simple present inturns, present participle inturning, simple past and past participle inturned)

1. (transitive) To turn in or inward.
   • 1904, United States Patent Office

     A machine of the class described, comprising in combination with a suitably-actuated needle, a driving-shaft, means actuated from said shaft for carrying two or more plies of material through the machine, and similarly-actuated means working alternately with the needle to inturn the edges of said plies.

Derived terms

• inturned

Etymology 2

From Middle English inturn, intorn, equivalent to in- +? turn.

Noun

inturn (plural inturns)

1. The act or process of turning in.
2. (wrestling) A move where the wrestler puts his thigh between the tights of his opponent, and lifts him up.

Anagrams

• turn in, turnin'