Stir vs. Whirl — What's the Difference?

Move a spoon or other implement round in (a liquid or other substance) in order to mix it thoroughly

Move or cause to move rapidly round and round

Move or cause to move slightly

A rapid movement round and round.

Arouse strong feeling in (someone); move or excite

A specified kind of sweet or biscuit with a spiral shape

A slight physical movement

To rotate rapidly about a center or an axis; spin.

A commotion

To move while rotating or turning about

An act of stirring food or drink

To turn rapidly, changing direction; wheel

Prison

To have the sensation of spinning; reel

To pass an implement through (a liquid, for example), usually in circular motions, so as to mix or cool the contents

To cause to rotate or turn rapidly

To use an implement to move or rearrange the fuel in (a fire) to increase light or heat.

To cause to move with a spinning motion

To add or mix in (an ingredient, for example) into a liquid or mixture by moving an implement

To drive at high speed

To mix together the ingredients of (a liquid, for example) before cooking or use by moving an implement

(Obsolete) To hurl.

To move or pass (an implement) through a liquid in order to mix or cool the contents

The act of rotating or revolving rapidly.

To cause to move or shift, especially slightly or with irregular motion

Something, such as a cloud of dust, that whirls or is whirled.

To cause to become active; bestir

A state of confusion; a tumult

To excite strong feelings in or rouse, as from indifference

A swift succession or round of events

To provoke deliberately; incite. Often used with up

A state of mental confusion or giddiness; dizziness

To change position slightly

(Informal) A short trip or ride.

To start to move, especially in rising from sleep

(Informal) A brief or experimental try

To move about actively or busily

(intransitive) To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.

To move away from a customary or usual place or position

(intransitive) To have a sensation of spinning or reeling.

To stir or mix a liquid or mixture

(transitive) To make something or someone whirl.

To be capable of being stirred

(transitive) To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch.

To happen or begin

An act of whirling.

To be roused or affected by strong feelings

Something that whirls.

A stirring, mixing, or poking movement

A confused tumult.

A slight movement

A rapid series of events.

An excited reaction or commotion

Dizziness or giddiness.

Prison.

(informal) usually following “give” A brief experiment or trial.

(transitive) To disturb the relative position of the particles of (a liquid or similar) by passing an object through it.

To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity; to make to revolve.

(transitive) To disturb the content of (a container) by passing an object through it.

To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch; to harry.

(transitive) To incite to action.

To be turned round rapidly; to move round with velocity; to revolve or rotate with great speed; to gyrate.

(transitive) To bring into debate; to agitate.

To move hastily or swiftly.

To disturb, to disrupt.

A turning with rapidity or velocity; rapid rotation or circumvolution; quick gyration; rapid or confusing motion; as, the whirl of a top; the whirl of a wheel.

To change the place of in any manner; to move.

Anything that moves with a whirling motion.

(intransitive) To begin to move, especially gently, from a still or unmoving position.

A revolving hook used in twisting, as the hooked spindle of a rope machine, to which the threads to be twisted are attached.

(intransitive) Of a feeling or emotion: to rise, begin to be felt.

A whorl. See Whorl.

(intransitive) To be in motion; to be active or bustling; to exert or busy oneself.

Confused movement;

(intransitive) To rise from sleep or unconsciousness.

The shape of something rotating rapidly

The act or result of stirring (moving around the particles of a liquid etc.)

A usually brief attempt;

Agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements.

The act of rotating rapidly;

Public disturbance or commotion; tumultuous disorder; seditious uproar.

Turn in a twisting or spinning motion;

Agitation of thoughts; conflicting passions.

Cause to spin;

(slang) Jail; prison.

Flow in a circular current, of liquids

To change the place of in any manner; to move.

Revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis;

To disturb the relative position of the particles of, as of a liquid, by passing something through it; to agitate; as, to stir a pudding with a spoon.

Fly around;

To bring into debate; to agitate; to moot.

To incite to action; to arouse; to instigate; to prompt; to excite.

To move; to change one's position.

To be in motion; to be active or bustling; to exert or busy one's self.

To become the object of notice; to be on foot.

To rise, or be up, in the morning.

The act or result of stirring; agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements.

Public disturbance or commotion; tumultuous disorder; seditious uproar.

Agitation of thoughts; conflicting passions.

A disorderly outburst or tumult;

Emotional agitation and excitement

A rapid bustling commotion

Move an implement through with a circular motion;

Move very slightly;

Stir feelings in;

Stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of;

Affect emotionally;

Evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic;

To begin moving,

Mix or add by stirring;