remove vs shift

shift vs remove

remove and shift both are nouns.

remove and shift both are verbs.

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

As verbs, shift is a hypernym of remove; that is, shift is a word with a broader meaning than remove:

remove: shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes
shift: move around

Other hypernyms of remove include transfer.

remove (noun)	shift (noun)
degree of figurative distance or separation	the act of moving from one place to another
	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

remove (verb)	shift (verb)
remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract	make a shift in or exchange of
stay away or leave	move and exchange for another
get rid of something abstract	lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes	move from one setting or context to another
dispose of	change in quality
remove from a position or an office	change gears
kill intentionally and with premeditation	change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change
cause to leave	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 remove and shift

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