shift vs translation

translation vs shift

shift and translation both are nouns.

shift is a verb but translation is not a verb.

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

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

shift: an event in which something is displaced without rotation
translation: a uniform movement without rotation

shift (noun)	translation (noun)
the act of moving from one place to another	the act of uniform movement
the act of changing one thing or position for another	the act of changing in form or shape or appearance
a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist	a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language
a woman's sleeveless undergarment	rewording something in less technical terminology
the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters	a uniform movement without rotation
an event in which something is displaced without rotation	(genetics) the process whereby genetic information coded in messenger RNA directs the formation of a specific protein at a ribosome in the cytoplasm
a qualitative change	(mathematics) a transformation in which the origin of the coordinate system is moved to another position but the direction of each axis remains the same
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)	translation (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 translation

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