Rolling vs. Spinning — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Rolling and Spinning
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Definitions
Rolling
Rolling is a type of motion that combines rotation (commonly, of an axially symmetric object) and translation of that object with respect to a surface (either one or the other moves), such that, if ideal conditions exist, the two are in contact with each other without sliding. Rolling where there is no sliding is referred to as pure rolling.
Spinning
The process of making fibrous material into yarn or thread.
Rolling
To move forward along a surface by revolving on an axis or by repeatedly turning over.
Spinning
The act of fishing with a light rod and a reel having a bail or similar device that guides the line around a stationary spool and that can be disengaged to let the line run freely, as when casting. Also called spin casting, spin fishing.
Rolling
To travel or be moved on wheels or rollers
Rolled down the sidewalk on their scooters.
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Spinning
The motion of something that spins.
Rolling
To travel around; wander
Roll from town to town.
Spinning
The process of converting fibres into yarn or thread.
Rolling
To travel or be carried in a vehicle.
Spinning
Indoor cycling on an exercise bicycle.
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Rolling
To be carried on a stream
The logs rolled down the cascading river.
Spinning
Present participle of spin
Rolling
To start to move or operate
The press wouldn't roll.
Spinning
Creating thread
Rolling
To work or succeed in a sustained way; gain momentum
The political campaign finally began to roll.
Spinning
Rotating rapidly about an axis;
A spinning top
The whirling dance of the Dervish
Rolling
To go by; elapse
The days rolled along.
Rolling
To recur. Often used with around
Summer has rolled around again.
Rolling
To move in a periodic revolution, as a planet in its orbit.
Rolling
To turn over and over
The puppy rolled in the mud.
Rolling
To shift the gaze usually quickly and continually
The child's eyes rolled with fright.
Rolling
To turn around or revolve on an axis.
Rolling
To move or advance with a rising and falling motion; undulate
The waves rolled toward shore.
Rolling
To extend or appear to extend in gentle rises and falls
The dunes roll to the sea.
Rolling
To move or rock from side to side
The ship pitched and rolled in heavy seas.
Rolling
To walk with a swaying, unsteady motion.
Rolling
(Slang) To experience periodic rushes after taking an intoxicating drug, especially MDMA.
Rolling
To take the shape of a ball or cylinder
Yarn rolls easily.
Rolling
To become flattened by pressure applied by a roller.
Rolling
To make a deep, prolonged, surging sound
Thunder rolled in the distance.
Rolling
To make a sustained trilling sound, as certain birds do.
Rolling
To beat a drum in a continuous series of short blows.
Rolling
To pour, flow, or move in a continual stream
Tourists rolling into the city.
Rolling
To enjoy ample amounts
Rolled in the money.
Rolling
To cause to move forward along a surface by revolving on an axis or by repeatedly turning over.
Rolling
To move or push along on wheels or rollers
Rolled the plane out of the hangar.
Rolling
To impel or send onward in a steady, swelling motion
The sea rolls its waves onto the sand.
Rolling
To impart a swaying, rocking motion to
Heavy seas rolled the ship.
Rolling
To turn around or partly turn around; rotate
Rolled his head toward the door.
Rolling
To cause to begin moving or operating
Roll the cameras.
Roll the presses.
Rolling
To extend or lay out
Rolled out a long rope.
Rolling
To pronounce or utter with a trill
You must roll your r's in Spanish.
Rolling
To utter or emit in full, swelling tones.
Rolling
To beat (a drum) with a continuous series of short blows.
Rolling
To wrap (something) round and round upon itself or around something else. Often used with up
Roll up a poster.
Rolling
To envelop or enfold in a covering
Roll dirty laundry in a sheet.
Rolling
To make by shaping into a ball or cylinder
Roll a cigarette.
Rolling
To spread, compress, or flatten by applying pressure with a roller
Roll pastry dough.
Rolling
(Printing) To apply ink to (type) with a roller or rollers.
Rolling
(Games) To throw (dice), as in craps.
Rolling
(Slang) To rob (a drunken, sleeping, or otherwise helpless person).
Rolling
The act or an instance of rolling.
Rolling
Something rolled up
A roll of tape.
Rolling
A quantity, as of cloth or wallpaper, rolled into a cylinder and often considered as a unit of measure.
Rolling
A piece of parchment or paper that may be or is rolled up; a scroll.
Rolling
A register or a catalogue.
Rolling
A list of names of persons belonging to a group.
Rolling
A mass in cylindrical or rounded form
A roll of tobacco.
Rolling
A small loaf of bread, portioned for one individual and often served as a side dish or appetizer or used to make a sandwich.
Rolling
A portion of food wrapped around a filling
Cinnamon roll.
Sushi roll.
Rolling
A rolling, swaying, or rocking motion.
Rolling
A gentle swell or undulation of a surface
The roll of the plains.
Rolling
A deep reverberation or rumble
The roll of thunder.
Rolling
A rapid succession of short sounds
The roll of a drum.
Rolling
A trill
The roll of his r's.
Rolling
A resonant, rhythmical flow of words.
Rolling
A roller, especially a cylinder on which to roll something up or with which to flatten something.
Rolling
An amount of rotation around a longitudinal axis, as of an aircraft or boat.
Rolling
A maneuver in which an airplane makes a single complete rotation about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude.
Rolling
(Slang) Money, especially a wad of paper money.
Rolling
(colloquial) Drunk; intoxicated from alcohol, staggering.
Rolling
Staggered in time and space.
A 90-day rolling business plan
Rolling blackouts or brownouts
Rolling
Moving by turning over and over about an axis.
Rolling
Extending in gentle undulations (of the landscape).
Rolling
Making a continuous sound.
Rolling
Present participle of roll
Rolling
The act by which something is rolled.
Rolling
Rotating on an axis, or moving along a surface by rotation; turning over and over as if on an axis or a pivot; as, a rolling wheel or ball.
Rolling
Moving on wheels or rollers, or as if on wheels or rollers; as, a rolling chair.
Rolling
Having gradual, rounded undulations of surface; as, a rolling country; rolling land.
Rolling
A deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
Rolling
The act of robbing a helpless person;
He was charged with rolling drunks in the park
Rolling
Propelling something on wheels
Rolling
Characterized by reverberation;
A resonant voice
Hear the rolling thunder
Rolling
Uttered with a trill;
She used rolling r's as in Spanish
Rolling
Moving in surges and billows and rolls;
Billowing smoke from burning houses
The rolling fog
The rolling sea
The tumbling water of the rapids
