The difference between Spin and Whitewash

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.

Whitewash as a noun:

A lime and water mixture for painting walls and fences bright white.

Whitewash as a noun (sports):

A complete victory or series of victories without suffering any losses; a clean sweep.

Whitewash as a noun (obsolete):

Any liquid composition for whitening something, such as a wash for making the skin fair.

Whitewash as a noun (politics):

A campaign to paper over unfavorable elements.

Whitewash as a verb:

To paint over with a lime and water mixture so as to brighten up a wall or fence.

Whitewash as a verb (idiomatic):

To cover over errors or bad actions.

Whitewash as a verb (dated, transitive):

To repay the financial debts of (another person).

Whitewash as a verb (baseball, slang, dated, late, 19th century, archaic):

To prevent a team from scoring any runs.

Whitewash as a verb (US, UK, slang):

In various games, to defeat (an opponent) so that they fail to score, or to reach a certain point in the game; to skunk.

Whitewash as a verb (pejorative):

To make over (a person or character, a group, an event, etc) so that it is or seems more white, for example by applying makeup to a person, or by covering over the participation of people of color in an event and focusing on only white participation.