shimmy vs shift

shift vs shimmy

shimmy and shift both are nouns.

shimmy and shift both are verbs.

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

As nouns, shimmy and shift are synonyms defined as:

shimmy and shift: a woman's sleeveless undergarment

Other synonyms of shimmy include chemise, slip, teddy.

shimmy (noun)	shift (noun)
lively dancing (usually to ragtime music) with much shaking of the shoulders and hips	the act of moving from one place to another
a woman's sleeveless undergarment	the act of changing one thing or position for another
an abnormal wobble in a motor vehicle (especially in the front wheels)	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

shimmy (verb)	shift (verb)
dance a shimmy	make a shift in or exchange of
tremble or shake	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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