transfer vs shift

transfer and shift both are nouns.

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

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

As verbs, transfer and shift are synonyms defined as:

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

transfer: shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes
shift: move around

Other hypernyms of transfer include transfer.

transfer (noun)	shift (noun)
the act of moving something from one location to another	the act of moving from one place to another
transferring ownership	the act of changing one thing or position for another
the act of transferring something from one form to another	a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist
application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation	a woman's sleeveless undergarment
a ticket that allows a passenger to change conveyances	the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters
someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another	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

transfer (verb)	shift (verb)
transfer from one place or period to another	make a shift in or exchange of
send from one person or place to another	move and exchange for another
move around	lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes	move from one setting or context to another
change from one vehicle or transportation line to another	change in quality
lift and reset in another soil or situation	change gears
cause to change ownership	change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change
move from one place to another	use a shift key on a keyboard
transfer somebody to a different position or location of work	change place or direction
	move very slightly
	move around
	move abruptly
	move sideways or in an unsteady way