trick vs shift

trick and shift both are nouns.

trick and shift both are verbs.

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

As nouns, shift is a hypernym of trick; that is, shift is a word with a broader meaning than trick:

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

Other hypernyms of trick include duty period, work shift.

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

trick (verb)	shift (verb)
deceive somebody	make a shift in or exchange of
	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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