Shift vs. Change

Shiftnoun

(historical) A type of women's undergarment, a slip.

‘Just last week she bought a new shift at the market.’;

Changeverb

(intransitive) To become something different.

‘The tadpole changed into a frog.’; ‘Stock prices are constantly changing.’;

Shiftnoun

A change of workers, now specifically a set group of workers or period of working time.

‘We'll work three shifts a day till the job's done.’;

Changeverb

To make something into something else.

‘The fairy changed the frog into a prince.’; ‘I had to change the wording of the ad so it would fit.’;

Shiftnoun

An act of shifting; a slight movement or change.

‘There was a shift in the political atmosphere.’;

Changeverb

(transitive) To replace.

‘Ask the janitor to come and change the lightbulb.’; ‘After a brisk walk, I washed up and changed my shirt.’;

Shiftnoun

(US) The gear mechanism in a motor vehicle.

‘Does it come with a stick-shift?’;

Changeverb

(intransitive) To replace one's clothing.

‘You can't go into the dressing room while she's changing.’; ‘The clowns changed into their costumes before the circus started.’;

Shiftnoun

alternative spelling of Shift||a modifier button of computer keyboards.

‘If you press shift-P, the preview display will change.’;

Changeverb

(intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.)

Shiftnoun

(computing) A bit shift.

Changeverb

(archaic) To exchange.

Shiftnoun

(baseball) The infield shift.

‘Teams often use the shift against this lefty.’;

Changeverb

(transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).

‘to change a horse’;

Shiftnoun

The act of kissing passionately.

Changenoun

(countable) The process of becoming different.

‘The product is undergoing a change in order to improve it.’;

Shiftnoun

(archaic) A contrivance, device to try when other methods fail.

Changenoun

(uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.

‘Can I get change for this $100 bill please?’;

Shiftnoun

(archaic) A trick, an artifice.

Changenoun

(countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes

Shiftnoun

In building, the extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed in courses so as to break joints.

Changenoun

(uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.

‘A customer who pays with a 10-pound note for a £9 item receives one pound in change.’;

Shiftnoun

(mining) A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.

Changenoun

(uncountable) Coins (as opposed to paper money).

‘Do you have any change on you? I need to make a phone call.’;

Shiftnoun

(genetics) A mutation in which the DNA or RNA from two different sources (such as viruses or bacteria) combine.

Changenoun

(countable) A transfer between vehicles.

‘The train journey from Bristol to Nottingham includes a change at Birmingham.’;

Shiftverb

(transitive) To change, swap.

Changenoun

(baseball) A change-up pitch.

Shiftverb

(transitive) To move from one place to another; to redistribute.

‘We'll have to shift these boxes to the downtown office.’;

Changenoun

(campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.

Shiftverb

(intransitive) To change position.

‘She shifted slightly in her seat.’; ‘His political stance shifted daily.’;

Changenoun

(dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.

Shiftverb

To change (one's clothes); also to change (someone's) underclothes.

Changenoun

A public house; an alehouse.

Shiftverb

(intransitive) To change gears (in a car).

‘I crested the hill and shifted into fifth.’;

Changeverb

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change the countenance.

‘Therefore will I change their glory into shame.’;

Shiftverb

(typewriters) To move the keys of a typewriter over in order to type capital letters and special characters.

Changeverb

To alter by substituting something else for, or by giving up for something else; as, to change the clothes; to change one's occupation; to change one's intention.

‘They that do change old love for new,Pray gods, they change for worse!’;

Shiftverb

(computer keyboards) To switch to a character entry mode for capital letters and special characters.

Changeverb

To give and take reciprocally; to exchange; - followed by with; as, to change place, or hats, or money, with another.

‘Look upon those thousands with whom thou wouldst not, for any interest, change thy fortune and condition.’;

Shiftverb

To manipulate a binary number by moving all of its digits left or right; compare rotate.

‘Shifting 1001 to the left yields 10010; shifting it right yields 100.’;

Changeverb

Specifically: To give, or receive, smaller denominations of money (technically called change) for; as, to change a gold coin or a bank bill.

‘He pulled out a thirty-pound note and bid me change it.’;

Shiftverb

To remove the first value from an array.

Changeverb

To be altered; to undergo variation; as, men sometimes change for the better.

‘For I am Lord, I change not.’;

Shiftverb

(transitive) To dispose of.

‘How can I shift a grass stain?’;

Changeverb

To pass from one phase to another; as, the moon changes to-morrow night.

Shiftverb

(intransitive) To hurry.

‘If you shift, you might make the 2:19.’;

Changenoun

Any variation or alteration; a passing from one state or form to another; as, a change of countenance; a change of habits or principles.

‘Apprehensions of a change of dynasty.’; ‘All the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.’;

Shiftverb

To engage in sexual petting.

Changenoun

A succesion or substitution of one thing in the place of another; a difference; novelty; variety; as, a change of seasons.

‘Our fathers did for change to France repair.’; ‘The ringing grooves of change.’;

Shiftverb

(archaic) To resort to expedients for accomplishing a purpose; to contrive; to manage.

Changenoun

A passing from one phase to another; as, a change of the moon.

Shiftverb

To practice indirect or evasive methods.

Changenoun

Alteration in the order of a series; permutation.

Shiftverb

To divide; to distribute; to apportion.

‘To which God of his bounty would shiftCrowns two of flowers well smelling.’;

Changenoun

That which makes a variety, or may be substituted for another.

‘Thirty change (R.V. changes) of garments.’;

Shiftverb

To change the place of; to move or remove from one place to another; as, to shift a burden from one shoulder to another; to shift the blame.

‘Hastily he schifte him[self].’; ‘Pare saffron between the two St. Mary's days,Or set or go shift it that knowest the ways.’;

Changenoun

Small money; the money by means of which the larger coins and bank bills are made available in small dealings; hence, the balance returned when payment is tendered by a coin or note exceeding the sum due.

Shiftverb

To change the position of; to alter the bearings of; to turn; as, to shift the helm or sails.

‘Carrying the oar loose, [they] shift it hither and thither at pleasure.’;

Changenoun

A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; a building appropriated for mercantile transactions.

Shiftverb

To exchange for another of the same class; to remove and to put some similar thing in its place; to change; as, to shift the clothes; to shift the scenes.

‘I would advise you to shift a shirt.’;

Changenoun

A public house; an alehouse.

‘They call an alehouse a change.’;

Shiftverb

To change the clothing of; - used reflexively.

‘As it were to ride day and night; and . . . not to have patience to shift me.’;

Changenoun

Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.

‘Four bells admit twenty-four changes in ringing.’;

Shiftverb

To put off or out of the way by some expedient.

‘Shift the scene for half an hour;Time and place are in thy power.’;

Changenoun

an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another;

‘the change was intended to increase sales’; ‘this storm is certainly a change for the worse’; ‘the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago’;

Shiftverb

To divide; to distribute.

‘Some this, some that, as that him liketh shift.’;

Changenoun

a relational difference between states; especially between states before and after some event;

‘he attributed the change to their marriage’;

Shiftverb

To make a change or changes; to change position; to move; to veer; to substitute one thing for another; - used in the various senses of the transitive verb.

‘The sixth age shiftsInto the lean and slippered pantaloon.’; ‘Here the Baillie shifted and fidgeted about in his seat.’;

Changenoun

the action of changing something;

‘the change of government had no impact on the economy’; ‘his change on abortion cost him the election’;

Shiftverb

To resort to expedients for accomplishing a purpose; to contrive; to manage.

‘Men in distress will look to themselves, and leave their companions to shift as well as they can.’;

Changenoun

the result of alteration or modification;

‘there were marked changes in the lining of the lungs’; ‘there had been no change in the mountains’;

Shiftverb

To practice indirect or evasive methods.

‘All those schoolmen, though they were exceeding witty, yet better teach all their followers to shift, than to resolve by their distinctions.’;

Changenoun

the balance of money received when the amount you tender is greater than the amount due;

‘I paid with a twenty and pocketed the change’;

Shiftverb

To slip to one side of a ship, so as to destroy the equilibrum; - said of ballast or cargo; as, the cargo shifted.

Changenoun

a thing that is different;

‘he inspected several changes before selecting one’;

Shiftnoun

The act of shifting.

‘My going to Oxford was not merely for shift of air.’; ‘I 'll find a thousand shifts to get away.’; ‘Little souls on little shifts rely.’;

Changenoun

a different or fresh set of clothes;

‘she brought a change in her overnight bag’;

Shiftnoun

Something frequently shifted; especially, a woman's under-garment; a chemise.

Changenoun

coins of small denomination regarded collectively;

‘he had a pocketful of change’;

Shiftnoun

The change of one set of workmen for another; hence, a spell, or turn, of work; also, a set of workmen who work in turn with other sets; as, a night shift.

Changenoun

money received in return for its equivalent in a larger denomination or a different currency;

‘he got change for a twenty and used it to pay the taxi driver’;

Shiftnoun

In building, the extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed in courses so as to break joints.

Changenoun

a difference that is usually pleasant;

‘he goes to France for variety’; ‘it is a refreshing change to meet a woman mechanic’;

Shiftnoun

A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.

Changeverb

undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature;

‘She changed completely as she grew older’; ‘The weather changed last night’;

Shiftnoun

A change of the position of the hand on the finger board, in playing the violin.

‘[They] made a shift to keep their own in Ireland.’;

Changeverb

cause to change; make different; cause a transformation;

‘The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city’; ‘The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue’;

Shiftnoun

an event in which something is displaced without rotation

Changeverb

make or become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence;

‘her mood changes in accordance with the weather’; ‘The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season’;

Shiftnoun

a qualitative change

Changeverb

lay aside, abandon, or leave for another;

‘switch to a different brand of beer’; ‘She switched psychiatrists’; ‘The car changed lanes’;

Shiftnoun

the time period during which you are at work

Changeverb

change clothes; put on different clothes;

‘Change before you go to the opera’;

Shiftnoun

the act of changing one thing or position for another;

‘his switch on abortion cost him the election’;

Changeverb

exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category;

‘Could you convert my dollars into pounds?’; ‘He changed his name’; ‘convert centimeters into inches’; ‘convert holdings into shares’;

Shiftnoun

the act of moving from one place to another;

‘his constant shifting disrupted the class’;

Changeverb

give to, and receive from, one another;

‘Would you change places with me?’; ‘We have been exchanging letters for a year’;

Shiftnoun

(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other;

‘they built it right over a geological fault’;

Changeverb

change from one vehicle or transportation line to another;

‘She changed in Chicago on her way to the East coast’;

Shiftnoun

a group of workers who work for a specific period of time

Changeverb

become deeper in tone;

‘His voice began to change when he was 12 years old’; ‘Her voice deepened when she whispered the password’;

Shiftnoun

a woman's sleeveless undergarment

Changeverb

remove or replace the coverings of;

‘Father had to learn how to change the baby’; ‘After each guest we changed the bed linens’;

Shiftnoun

a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist

Shiftverb

make a shift in or exchange of;

‘First Joe led; then we switched’;

Shiftverb

change place or direction;

‘Shift one's position’;

Shiftverb

move around;

‘transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket’;

Shiftverb

move very slightly;

‘He shifted in his seat’;

Shiftverb

move from one setting or context to another;

‘shift the emphasis’; ‘shift one's attention’;

Shiftverb

change in quality;

‘His tone shifted’;

Shiftverb

move and exchange for another;

‘shift the date for our class reunion’;

Shiftverb

move sideways or in an unsteady way;

‘The ship careened out of control’;

Shiftverb

move abruptly;

‘The ship suddenly lurched to the left’;

Shiftverb

use a shift key on a keyboard;

‘She could not shift so all ther letters are written in lower case’;

Shiftverb

change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change;

‘Grimm showed how the consonants shifted’;

Shiftverb

change gears;

‘you have to shift when you go down a steep hill’;

Shiftverb

lay aside, abandon, or leave for another;

‘switch to a different brand of beer’; ‘She switched psychiatrists’; ‘The car changed lanes’;

Shiftverb

move or cause to move from one place to another, especially over a small distance

‘a team from the power company came to shift the cables away from the house’; ‘the roof cracked and shifted’;

Shiftverb

change the position of one's body, especially because one is nervous or uncomfortable

‘he shifted a little in his chair’;

Shiftverb

change the emphasis, direction, or focus of

‘she's shifting the blame on to me’;

Shiftverb

change in emphasis, direction, or focus

‘the wind had shifted to the east’; ‘the balance of power shifted abruptly’;

Shiftverb

move quickly

‘you'll have time for a bite if you shift’;

Shiftverb

move from a place or rouse oneself from a state of inactivity

‘shift yourself, Ruby, do something useful and get the plates’;

Shiftverb

move (data) to the right or left in a register

‘the partial remainder is shifted left’;

Shiftverb

remove (a stain)

‘thorough cleaning is necessary to shift all cooking residues’;

Shiftverb

sell (something)

‘a lot of high-priced product you simply don't know how to shift’;

Shiftverb

eat or drink (something) hastily or in large amounts.

Shiftverb

change gear in a vehicle

‘she shifted down to fourth’;

Shiftverb

be evasive or indirect

‘they know not how to shift and rob as the old ones do’;

Shiftnoun

a slight change in position, direction, or tendency

‘a shift in public opinion’;

Shiftnoun

the displacement of spectral lines.

Shiftnoun

a key on a typewriter or computer keyboard used to switch between two sets of characters or functions, principally between lower- and upper-case letters.

Shiftnoun

short for sound shift

Shiftnoun

the gear lever or gear-changing mechanism in a vehicle.

Shiftnoun

the positioning of successive rows of bricks so that their ends do not coincide.

Shiftnoun

a movement of the digits of a word in a register one or more places to left or right, equivalent to multiplying or dividing the corresponding number by a power of whatever number is the base.

Shiftnoun

a change of position by two or more players before the ball is put into play.

Shiftnoun

each of two or more recurring periods in which different groups of workers do the same jobs in relay

‘Anne was on the night shift’;

Shiftnoun

the group of people who work during a particular shift

‘the bus was still waiting there when the day shift went home’;

Shiftnoun

a woman's straight unwaisted dress.

Shiftnoun

a long, loose-fitting undergarment.

Shiftnoun

an ingenious or devious device or stratagem

‘the thousand shifts and devices of which Hannibal was a master’;