Belt vs. Shifter — What's the Difference?

A flexible band, as of leather or cloth, worn around the waist or over a shoulder to hold up clothing, secure tools or weapons, or serve as decoration.

To exchange (one thing) for another of the same class

Something resembling a belt, as a number of machine-gun rounds attached together in a strip.

To move or transfer from one place or position to another.

An encircling route.

To alter (position or place).

A seat belt or safety belt.

To change (gears), as in an automobile.

A continuous band or chain for transferring motion or power or conveying materials from one wheel or shaft to another.

(Linguistics) To alter phonetically as part of a systematic historical change.

A band of tough reinforcing material beneath the tread of a tire.

To change position, direction, place, or form.

A usually bandlike geographic region that is distinctive in a specific respect. Often used in combination

To provide for one's own needs; get along

A powerful blow; a wallop.

To get along by tricky or evasive means.

A drink of hard liquor.

To change gears, as when driving an automobile.

To equip, hold up, or attach with a belt

(Linguistics) To be altered as part of a systematic historical change. Used of speech sounds.

To encircle or mark in the manner of a belt

To use a shift key.

To beat with a belt or strap.

A change from one person or configuration to another; a substitution.

To strike forcefully; hit.

A group of workers that relieve another on a regular schedule.

To sing in a loud and forceful manner

The working period of such a group

To swig (an alcoholic beverage).

A means to an end; an expedient.

A band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun or sword), or serve as a decorative piece of clothing.

A stratagem; a trick.

A band used as a restraint for safety purposes, such as a seat belt.

A change in direction

A band that is used in a machine to help transfer motion or power.

A change in attitude, judgment, or emphasis.

Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe.

(Music) A change of the hand position in playing the violin or a similar instrument.

A trophy in the shape of a belt, generally awarded for martial arts.

(Football) A rearrangement of players from one formation to another just prior to the snap of the ball.

(astronomy) A collection of small bodies (such as asteroids) which orbit a star.

(Baseball) A rearrangement of one or more fielders for improved defense against a particular hitter.

(astronomy) One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.

(Geology) See fault.

A band of armor along the sides of a warship, protecting the ship's vital spaces.

(Computers) Movement of characters in a register to the left or right, as of the bits in a byte.

A powerful blow, often made with a fist or heavy object.

The act or an instance of using a shift key.

A quick drink of liquor.

(Physics) A change in wavelength, causing a movement of a spectral band or line.

A geographical region known for a particular product, feature or demographic (Corn Belt, Bible Belt, Black Belt, Green Belt).

A systematic change of the phonetic or phonemic structure of a language.

(baseball) The part of the strike zone at the height of the batter's waist.

Functional shift.

(weapons) A device that holds and feeds cartridges into a belt-fed weapon.

A loosely fitting dress that hangs straight from the shoulder; a chemise.

(music) A vocal tone produced by singing with chest voice above the break (or passaggio), in a range typically sung in head voice.

A woman's undergarment; a slip or chemise.

(transitive) To encircle.

One who, or that which, shifts or changes.

(transitive) To fasten a belt on.

(linguistics) A word whose meaning changes depending on the situation, as by deixis.

(transitive) To invest (a person) with a belt as part of a formal ceremony such as knighthood.

(dated) One who plays tricks or practices artifice; a cozener.

(transitive) To hit with a belt.

(nautical) An assistant to the ship's cook in washing, steeping, and shifting the salt provisions.

To scream or sing in a loud manner.

(engineering) An arrangement for shifting a belt sidewise from one pulley to another.

(transitive) To drink quickly, often in gulps.

A wire for changing a loop from one needle to another, as in narrowing, etc.

To hit someone or something.

(cycling) A component used by the rider to control the gearing mechanisms and select the desired gear ratio, usually connected to the derailleur by a mechanical actuation cable.

To hit a pitched ball a long distance, usually for a home run.

A spanner with an adjustable jaw size.

(intransitive) To move very fast.

A person employed to repair the horseways and other passages, and keep them unobstructed.

That which engirdles a person or thing; a band or girdle; as, a lady's belt; a sword belt.

A switcher or shunter: a railroad locomotive used for shunting.

That which restrains or confines as a girdle.

A shape-shifter, or a person or other being capable of changing their physical form.

Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe; as, a belt of trees; a belt of sand.

(erotica) A genre of erotica focusing on lycanthropes or other shapeshifters, such as werewolves.

One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.

A person who changes the reality their consciousness resides in, through meditation or other means.

A narrow passage or strait; as, the Great Belt and the Lesser Belt, leading to the Baltic Sea.

One who, or that which, shifts; one who plays tricks or practices artifice; a cozener.

A token or badge of knightly rank.

An assistant to the ship's cook in washing, steeping, and shifting the salt provisions.

A band of leather, or other flexible substance, passing around two wheels, and communicating motion from one to the other.

An arrangement for shifting a belt sidewise from one pulley to another.

A band or stripe, as of color, round any organ; or any circular ridge or series of ridges.

A foreman responsible for the work on one shift in one area, as in one heading{4}.

To encircle with, or as with, a belt; to encompass; to surround.

A stagehand responsible for moving scenery

To shear, as the buttocks and tails of sheep.

A mechanical device for engaging and disengaging gears;

Endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys

A band to tie or buckle around the body (usually at the waist)

An elongated region where a specific condition is found;

A vigorous blow;

A path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing)

The act of hitting vigorously;

Sing loudly and forcefully

Deliver a blow to;

Fasten with a belt;