shift vs substitute

substitute vs shift

shift and substitute both are nouns.

shift is not an adjective while substitute is an adjective.

shift and substitute both are verbs.

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

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

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

Other hypernyms of shift include exchange, interchange, replace.

shift (noun)	substitute (noun)
the act of moving from one place to another	a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another
the act of changing one thing or position for another	someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist	an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced
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 (adjective)	substitute (adjective)
	artificial and inferior
	serving or used in place of another
	capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team

shift (verb)	substitute (verb)
make a shift in or exchange of	put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
move and exchange for another	be a substitute
lay aside, abandon, or leave for another	act as a substitute
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 substitute

Words related to "shift"

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