The difference between Spin and Turn

Spin as a verb (ergative):

To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.

Spin as a verb (transitive):

To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.

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.

Spin as a verb (cricket, of a bowler):

To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.

Spin as a verb (cricket, of a ball):

To move sideways when bouncing.

Spin as a verb (cooking):

To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar

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.

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.

Spin as a verb:

To move swiftly.

Spin as a verb:

To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet.

Spin as a verb (computing, programming, intransitive):

To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true.

Spin as a verb (transitive, informal):

To play (vinyl records, etc.) as a disc jockey.

Spin as a noun:

Rapid circular motion.

Spin as a noun (physics):

A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment.

Spin as a noun (countable, uncountable):

A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation.

Spin as a noun (sports):

Rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces.

Spin as a noun:

A condition of flight where a stalled aircraft is simultaneously pitching, yawing and rolling in a spinning motion.

Spin as a noun:

A brief trip by vehicle, especially one made for pleasure.

Spin as a noun:

A bundle of spun material; a mass of strands and filaments.

Spin as a noun:

A single play of a record by a radio station.

Spin as a noun (dated):

Unmarried woman, spinster.

Turn as a verb:

to make a non-linear physical movement. Of a body, person, etc, to move around an axis through itself. To change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation. to change one's direction of travel. to change the course of. To shape (something) symmetrically by rotating it against a stationary cutting tool, as on a lathe. To give form to; to shape or mould; to adapt. To position (something) by folding it, or using its folds. To navigate through a book or other printed material. Of a bowler, to make (the ball) move sideways off the pitch when it bounces. Of a ball, to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.

Turn as a verb (intransitive):

To change condition or attitude. To become . To change the color of the leaves in the autumn. To change fundamentally; to metamorphose. # To sour or spoil; to go bad. # To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle. To reach a certain age. To hinge; to depend. To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated. To change personal condition. # To change personalities, such as from being a face (good guy) to heel (bad guy) or vice versa. # To become giddy; said of the head or brain. #* #*: I'll look no more; / Lest my brain turn. # To sicken; to nauseate. # To be nauseated; said of the stomach.

Turn as a verb (obsolete, reflexive):

To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.

Turn as a verb (transitive, usually with '''over'''):

To complete.

Turn as a verb (transitive):

To make (money); turn a profit.

Turn as a verb (transitive, soccer):

Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.

Turn as a verb:

To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.

Turn as a verb (obstetrics):

To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.

Turn as a verb (printing, dated):

To invert a type of the same thickness, as a temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted.

Turn as a verb (archaic):

To translate.

Turn as a verb (transitive, role-playing games):

To magically or divinely attack undead.

Turn as a noun:

A change of direction or orientation.

Turn as a noun (geometry):

A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation. A unit of plane angle measurement based on this movement.

Turn as a noun:

A single loop of a coil.

Turn as a noun:

A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.

Turn as a noun:

The time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.

Turn as a noun:

One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.

Turn as a noun:

A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again.

Turn as a noun:

(also turnaround) The time required to complete a project.

Turn as a noun:

A fit or a period of giddiness.

Turn as a noun:

A change in temperament or circumstance.

Turn as a noun (cricket):

A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).

Turn as a noun (poker):

The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.

Turn as a noun (poker, obsolete):

The flop (the first three community cards) in Texas hold 'em.

Turn as a noun:

A deed done to another.

Turn as a noun (rope):

A pass behind or through an object.

Turn as a noun:

Character; personality; nature.

Turn as a noun (soccer):

An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.

Turn as a noun (circus, theatre, especially, physical comedy):

A short skit, act, or routine.