The difference between Pivot and Swing

Pivot as a noun:

A thing on which something turns; specifically a metal pointed pin or short shaft in machinery, such as the end of an axle or spindle.

Pivot as a noun:

Something or someone having a paramount significance in a certain situation.

Pivot as a noun:

Act of turning on one foot.

Pivot as a noun (military):

The officer or soldier who simply turns in his place while the company or line moves around him in wheeling.

Pivot as a noun (roller derby):

A player with responsibility for co-ordinating their team in a particular jam.

Pivot as a noun (computing):

An element of a set to be sorted that is chosen as a midpoint, so as to divide the other elements into two groups to be dealt with recursively.

Pivot as a noun (computing):

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Pivot as a noun (GUI):

Any of a row of captioned elements used to navigate to subpages, rather like tabs.

Pivot as a noun (mathematics):

An element of a matrix that is used as a focus for row operations, such as dividing the row by the pivot, or adding multiples of the row to other rows making all other values in the pivot column 0.

Pivot as a noun (Canadian football):

A quarterback.

Pivot as a verb (intransitive):

To turn on an exact spot.

Swing as a verb (intransitive):

To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.

Swing as a verb (intransitive):

To dance.

Swing as a verb (intransitive):

To ride on a swing.

Swing as a verb (intransitive):

To participate in the swinging lifestyle; to participate in wife-swapping.

Swing as a verb (intransitive):

To hang from the gallows.

Swing as a verb (intransitive, cricket, of a ball):

to move sideways in its trajectory.

Swing as a verb (intransitive):

To fluctuate or change.

Swing as a verb (transitive):

To move (an object) backward and forward; to wave.

Swing as a verb (transitive):

To change (a numerical result); especially to change the outcome of an election.

Swing as a verb (transitive):

To make (something) work; especially to afford (something) financially.

Swing as a verb (transitive, music):

To play notes that are in pairs by making the first of the pair slightly longer than written (augmentation) and the second, resulting in a bouncy, uneven rhythm.

Swing as a verb (transitive, cricket):

to make the ball move sideways in its trajectory.

Swing as a verb (transitive, and, intransitive, boxing):

To move one's arm in a punching motion.

Swing as a verb (transitive):

In dancing, to turn around in a small circle with one's partner, holding hands or arms.

Swing as a verb (transitive, engineering):

To admit or turn something for the purpose of shaping it; said of a lathe.

Swing as a verb (transitive, carpentry):

To put (a door, gate, etc.) on hinges so that it can swing or turn.

Swing as a verb (nautical):

To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor.

Swing as a noun:

The manner in which something is swung.

Swing as a noun:

A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing.

Swing as a noun:

A hanging seat in a children's playground, for acrobats in a circus, or on a porch for relaxing.

Swing as a noun:

A dance style.

Swing as a noun (music):

The genre of music associated with this dance style.

Swing as a noun (politics):

The amount of change towards or away from something. In an election, the increase or decrease in the number of votes for opposition parties compared with votes for the incumbent party.

Swing as a noun (cricket):

Sideways movement of the ball as it flies through the air.

Swing as a noun:

The diameter that a lathe can cut.

Swing as a noun:

In a musical theater production, a performer who understudies several roles.

Swing as a noun:

A basic dance step in which a pair link hands and turn round together in a circle.

Swing as a noun:

Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it.

Swing as a noun (obsolete):

Free course; unrestrained liberty.

Swing as a noun (boxing):

A type of hook with the arm more extended.