displacement vs shift

shift vs displacement

displacement and shift both are nouns.

displacement is not a verb while shift is a verb.

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

As nouns, displacement and shift are synonyms defined as:

displacement and shift: an event in which something is displaced without rotation

displacement (noun)	shift (noun)
act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics	the act of moving from one place to another
act of removing from office or employment	the act of changing one thing or position for another
the act of uniform movement	a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist
to move something from its natural environment	a woman's sleeveless undergarment
an event in which something is displaced without rotation	the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one	an event in which something is displaced without rotation
(chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound	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

displacement (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 displacement and shift

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