replace vs shift

shift vs replace

replace is not a noun while shift is a noun.

replace and shift both are verbs.

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

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

replace: put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
shift: move and exchange for another

Other hyponyms of replace include reduce, truncate, retool, subrogate.

replace (noun)	shift (noun)
	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

replace (verb)	shift (verb)
substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected)	make a shift in or exchange of
put something back where it belongs	move and exchange for another
put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items	lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
take the place or move into the position of	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 replace and shift

Words related to "shift"

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