shift vs type

shift and type both are nouns.

shift and type both are verbs.

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

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

shift: use a shift key on a keyboard
type: write by means of a keyboard with types

Other hypernyms of shift include typewrite.

shift (noun)	type (noun)
the act of moving from one place to another	a small metal block bearing a raised character on one end; produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper
the act of changing one thing or position for another	a subdivision of a particular kind of thing
a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist	all of the tokens of the same symbol
a woman's sleeveless undergarment	printed characters
the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters	(biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon
an event in which something is displaced without rotation	a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
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)	type (verb)
make a shift in or exchange of	identify as belonging to a certain type
move and exchange for another	write by means of a keyboard with types
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 type

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