The difference between Gild and Spin
When used as verbs, gild means to cover with a thin layer of gold, whereas spin means to rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly).
Spin is also noun with the meaning: rapid circular motion.
check bellow for the other definitions of Gild and Spin
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Gild as a verb (transitive):
To cover with a thin layer of gold; to cover with gold leaf.
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Gild as a verb (transitive):
To adorn.
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Gild as a verb (transitive):
To give a bright or pleasing aspect to.
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Gild as a verb (transitive):
To make appear drunk.
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Gild as a noun:
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Spin as a verb (ergative):
To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
Examples:
"I spun myself around a few times."
"Spin the ball on the floor."
"She spun around and gave him a big smile."
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Spin as a verb (transitive):
To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.
Examples:
"They spin the cotton into thread."
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Spin as a verb:
To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance.
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Spin as a verb (cricket, of a bowler):
To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.
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Spin as a verb (cricket, of a ball):
To move sideways when bouncing.
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Spin as a verb (cooking):
To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar
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Spin as a verb:
To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, etc.) from threads produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent liquid, which hardens on coming into contact with the air; said of the spider, the silkworm, etc.
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Spin as a verb:
To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against it with a smooth hand tool or roller while the metal revolves, as in a lathe.
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Spin as a verb:
To move swiftly.
Examples:
"to spin along the road in a carriage, on a bicycle, etc."
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Spin as a verb:
To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet.
Examples:
"Blood spins from a vein."
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Spin as a verb (computing, programming, intransitive):
To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true.
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Spin as a verb (transitive, informal):
To play (vinyl records, etc.) as a disc jockey.
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Spin as a noun:
Rapid circular motion.
Examples:
"The car went into a spin''."
"The skaters demonstrated their spins''."
"He put some spin on the cue ball."
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Spin as a noun (physics):
A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment.
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Spin as a noun (countable, uncountable):
A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation.
Examples:
"Try to put a positive spin on the disappointing sales figures."
"The politician was mocked in the press for his reliance on spin rather than facts."
"synonyms: propaganda"
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Spin as a noun (sports):
Rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces.
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Spin as a noun:
A condition of flight where a stalled aircraft is simultaneously pitching, yawing and rolling in a spinning motion.
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Spin as a noun:
A brief trip by vehicle, especially one made for pleasure.
Examples:
"I'm off out for a spin in my new sports car."
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Spin as a noun:
A bundle of spun material; a mass of strands and filaments.
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Spin as a noun:
A single play of a record by a radio station.
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Spin as a noun (dated):
Unmarried woman, spinster.