shift vs trick

shift and trick both are nouns.

shift and trick both are verbs.

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

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

shift: the time period during which you are at work
trick: a period of work or duty

Other hyponyms of shift include go, spell, tour, turn, watch, day shift, evening shift, swing shift, graveyard shift, night shift, split shift.

shift (noun)	trick (noun)
the act of moving from one place to another	a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
the act of changing one thing or position for another	(card games) in a single round, the sequence of cards played by all the players; the high card is the winner
a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist	an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
a woman's sleeveless undergarment	an attempt to get you to do something foolish or imprudent
the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters	a cunning or deceitful action or device
an event in which something is displaced without rotation	a prostitute's customer
a qualitative change	a period of work or duty
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)	trick (verb)
make a shift in or exchange of	deceive somebody
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

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