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Wharl vs Whorl - What's the difference?

wharl | whorl |

As nouns the difference between wharl and whorl

is that wharl is (medicine) a rattling or uvular utterance of the r-sound while whorl is a pattern of concentric circles.

As a verb whorl is

to form a pattern of concentric circles.

wharl

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (medicine) A rattling or uvular utterance of the r-sound.

    • Synonyms

    * burr

    whorl

    English

    (wikipedia whorl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A pattern of concentric circles.
  • (botany) A circle of three or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem.
  • (zoology) A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell.
  • (archaic) A flywheel, a weight attached to a spindle, compare 1460.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To form a pattern of concentric circles.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2008, date=February 12, author=Jennifer Dunning, title=Modern Style, Old-Fashioned Virtues, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=“Waves Against the Sand,” to music by Martinu, which opened the program, filled the stage space with whorling patterns of dancers surging with the gentle but ceaseless momentum of the sea. }}

    References

    * * * whorl, Glossary of Terms, American Rhododendron Society English terms with homophones