shift vs displacement

displacement vs shift

shift and displacement both are nouns.

shift is a verb but displacement is not a verb.

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

As nouns, shift and displacement are synonyms defined as:

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

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

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