shift vs alteration

alteration vs shift

shift and alteration both are nouns.

shift is a verb but alteration is not a verb.

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

As nouns, alteration is a hypernym of shift; that is, alteration is a word with a broader meaning than shift:

shift: a qualitative change
alteration: an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another

Other hypernyms of shift include change, modification.

shift (noun)	alteration (noun)
the act of moving from one place to another	the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)
the act of changing one thing or position for another	the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist	an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
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

shift (verb)	alteration (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 shift and alteration

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