transplant vs shift

shift vs transplant

transplant and shift both are nouns.

transplant and shift both are verbs.

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

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

transplant: transfer from one place or period to another
shift: move from one setting or context to another

transplant (noun)	shift (noun)
the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location	the act of moving from one place to another
an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient)	the act of changing one thing or position for another
(surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient	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

transplant (verb)	shift (verb)
transfer from one place or period to another	make a shift in or exchange of
place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient	move and exchange for another
lift and reset in another soil or situation	lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
be transplantable	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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