cleft vs shift

cleft and shift both are nouns.

cleft is an adjective but shift is not an adjective.

cleft is not a verb while shift is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cleft	Yes	Yes	No	No
shift	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, shift is a hyponym of cleft; that is, shift is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than cleft:

cleft: a long narrow cleft
shift: (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

Other hyponyms of cleft include chap, chink, crevasse, fatigue crack, break, fault, faulting, fracture, geological fault, rift, slit, split, vent, volcano.

cleft (noun)	shift (noun)
a long narrow cleft	the act of moving from one place to another
a split or indentation in something (as the palate or chin)	the act of changing one thing or position for another
	a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist
	a woman's sleeveless undergarment
	the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters
	an event in which something is displaced without rotation
	a qualitative change
	a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time
	(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
	the time period during which you are at work

cleft (adjective)	shift (adjective)
having one or more indentations reaching nearly to the midrib
split or divided

cleft (verb)	shift (verb)
	make a shift in or exchange of
	move and exchange for another
	lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
	move from one setting or context to another
	change in quality
	change gears
	change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change
	use a shift key on a keyboard
	change place or direction
	move very slightly
	move around
	move abruptly
	move sideways or in an unsteady way

Difference between cleft and shift

Words related to "shift"

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