Here are the possible solutions for ferris wheel or whip clue
Answer
Clue
Relevancy
eponym
Clue
George Ferris, for the Ferris wheel
Definition
a personal name from which another name is derived
ride
Clue
Ferris wheel or whip
sloane
Clue
Ferris's girlfriend in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"
devo
Clue
"It's not too late / To whip it / Whip it good" singers
Definition
(short for) devolution, as in devo max, an arrangement in which a central government transfers the maximum amount of authority to a regional government while still retaining sovereignty over it