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Capsizing vs. Rollover — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Capsizing and Rollover

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Capsizing

Capsizing or keeling over occurs when a boat or ship is turned on its side or it is upside down in the water. The act of reversing a capsized vessel is called righting.

Rollover

The act or process of rolling over.

Capsizing

To overturn or cause to overturn
The boat capsized.
I capsized the canoe.

Rollover

An accident in which a motor vehicle overturns.

Capsizing

Present participle of capsize
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Rollover

The act or an instance of rolling over funds
An IRA rollover.

Capsizing

An overturning of a boat etc.

Rollover

The process of incrementing, especially back to an initial value.

Capsizing

(nautical) the event of a boat accidentally turning over in the water

Rollover

(automotive) A road traffic accident in which a vehicle overturns.
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Rollover

(computing) A graphic element that changes its appearance when the cursor moves over it.

Rollover

(computing) A keyboard feature where each key is scanned independently, so that multiple simultaneous keypresses always register correctly.

Rollover

(firefighting) The sudden ignition of flammable gasses (produced by pyrolysis in an oxygen-poor environment) near the ceiling of a room or other enclosed space.

Rollover

(finance) The reinvestment of funds in a new issue of the same or similar investment.

Rollover

(finance) A fee paid by a borrower in order to defer full repayment of a loan.

Rollover

(British) In the National or European lottery, the situation in which a jackpot that has not been won is carried over to the next week.

Rollover

(pinball) A target on the pinball table that is activated when the ball rolls over it.

Rollover

Misspelling of roll over

Rollover

The act of changing the institution that invests your pension plan without incurring a tax penalty

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