shift vs relay

shift and relay both are nouns.

shift and relay both are verbs.

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

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

shift: a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time
relay: a crew of workers who relieve another crew

Other hyponyms of shift include day shift, day watch, evening shift, graveyard shift, night shift.

shift (noun)	relay (noun)
the act of moving from one place to another	the act of passing something along from one person or group to another
the act of changing one thing or position for another	electrical device such that current flowing through it in one circuit can switch on and off a current in a second circuit
a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist	a race between teams; each member runs or swims part of the distance
a woman's sleeveless undergarment	a crew of workers who relieve another crew
the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters	a fresh team to relieve weary draft animals
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)	relay (verb)
make a shift in or exchange of	pass along
move and exchange for another	control or operate by relay
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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