Moving vs. Shifting — What's the Difference?

Changing or capable of changing position

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

Relating to or involved in a transfer of furnishings from one location to another

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

Causing or producing motion.

To alter (position or place).

Involving a motor vehicle in motion

To change (gears), as in an automobile.

Arousing or capable of arousing deep emotion

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

(not comparable) That moves or move.

To change position, direction, place, or form.

That causes someone to feel emotion.

To provide for one's own needs; get along

Present participle of move

To get along by tricky or evasive means.

(uncountable) The relocation of goods

To change gears, as when driving an automobile.

(countable) A causing of a movement

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

Changing place or posture; causing motion or action; as, a moving car, or power.

To use a shift key.

Exciting movement of the mind or feelings; adapted to move the sympathies, passions, or affections; touching; pathetic; as, a moving appeal.

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

The act of changing place or posture; esp., the act of changing one's dwelling place or place of business.

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

In motion;

The working period of such a group

Arousing or capable of arousing deep emotion;

A means to an end; an expedient.

Used of a series of photographs presented so as to create the illusion of motion;

A stratagem; a trick.

A change in direction

A change in attitude, judgment, or emphasis.

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

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

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

(Geology) See fault.

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

The act or an instance of using a shift key.

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

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

Functional shift.

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

A woman's undergarment; a slip or chemise.

A shift or change; a shifting movement.

(linguistics) The phenomenon by which two or more constituents appearing on the same side of their common head exchange positions to obtain non-canonical order.

Present participle of shift

Changing in place, position, or direction; varying; variable; fickle; as, shifting winds; shifting opinions or principles.

Adapted or used for shifting anything.

The act of moving from one place to another;

Continuously moving or changing from position or direction;

Continuously varying;

(of soil) unstable;