type vs shift

type and shift both are nouns.

type and shift both are verbs.

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

As verbs, shift is a hyponym of type; that is, shift is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than type:

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

Other hyponyms of type include backspace, double-space, triple-space, touch-type.

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

type (verb)	shift (verb)
identify as belonging to a certain type	make a shift in or exchange of
write by means of a keyboard with types	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

Difference between type and shift

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