motion vs shift

shift vs motion

motion and shift both are nouns.

motion and shift both are verbs.

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

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

motion: the act of changing location from one place to another
shift: the act of moving from one place to another

Other hyponyms of motion include approach, approaching, coming, advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion, procession, progress, progression, locomotion, travel, lunge, lurch, travel, traveling, travelling, chase, following, pursual, pursuit, ascending, ascension, ascent, rise, descent, swing, swinging, vacillation, return, coast, glide, slide, slippage, flow, stream, crawl, hurrying, speed, speeding, displacement, translation, shifting, haste, hurry, rush, rushing, maneuver, manoeuvre, play, migration.

motion (noun)	shift (noun)
a change of position that does not entail a change of location	the act of moving from one place to another
the act of changing location from one place to another	the act of changing one thing or position for another
the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals	a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist
a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote	a woman's sleeveless undergarment
a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something	the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters
an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object	an event in which something is displaced without rotation
a state of change	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

motion (verb)	shift (verb)
show, express or direct through movement	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

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