shift vs surf

shift and surf both are nouns.

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

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

Other hyponyms of shift include transition, shift, break, channel-surf, jump, leap, diphthongise, diphthongize, cut, break.

shift (noun)	surf (noun)
the act of moving from one place to another	waves breaking on the shore
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

shift (verb)	surf (verb)
make a shift in or exchange of	switch channels, on television
move and exchange for another	look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular
lay aside, abandon, or leave for another	ride the waves of the sea with a surfboard
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