The difference between Drift and Go

Drift as a noun (physical):

Movement; that which moves or is moved. A driving; a violent movement. Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting. That which is driven, forced, or urged along. Anything driven at random. A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., especially by wind or water. The distance through which a current flows in a given time. A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds. A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the retreat of continental glaciers, such as that which buries former river valleys and creates young river valleys. Driftwood included in flotsam washed up onto the beach.

Drift as a noun:

The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.

Drift as a noun:

A place (a ford) along a river where the water is shallow enough to permit crossing to the opposite side.

Drift as a noun:

The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim.

Drift as a noun (architecture):

The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.

Drift as a noun (handiwork):

A tool. A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach. A tool used to pack down the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework. A tool used to insert or extract a removable pin made of metal or hardwood, for the purpose of aligning and/or securing two pieces of material together.

Drift as a noun:

A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong projectiles.

Drift as a noun (mining):

A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel.

Drift as a noun (nautical):

Movement. The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting. The distance a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes. The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is raised and the rail is cut off, and usually terminated with a scroll, or driftpiece. The distance between the two blocks of a tackle. The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole into which it is driven, or between the circumference of a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven.

Drift as a noun (cricket):

A sideways movement of the ball through the air, when bowled by a spin bowler.

Drift as a noun:

Slow, cumulative change.

Drift as a verb (intransitive):

To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc.

Drift as a verb (intransitive):

To move haphazardly without any destination.

Drift as a verb (intransitive):

To deviate gently from the intended direction of travel.

Drift as a verb (transitive):

To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body.

Drift as a verb (transitive):

To drive into heaps.

Drift as a verb (intransitive):

To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps.

Drift as a verb (mining, US):

To make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect.

Drift as a verb (transitive, engineering):

To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.

Drift as a verb:

To oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner. See .

Go as a verb (intransitive):

To move: To move through space (especially to or through a place). To move or travel through time (either literally—in a fictional or hypothetical situation in which time travel is possible—or in one's mind or knowledge of the historical record). To navigate (to a file or folder on a computer, a site on the internet, a memory, etc). To move (a particular distance, or in a particular fashion). To move or travel in order to do something, or to do something while moving. To leave; to move away. To walk; to travel on one's feet.

Go as a verb (intransitive, chiefly, of a, machine):

To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).

Go as a verb (intransitive):

To start; to begin (an action or process).

Go as a verb (intransitive):

To take a turn, especially in a game.

Go as a verb (intransitive):

To attend.

Go as a verb (intransitive):

To proceed: To proceed (often in a specified manner, indicating the perceived quality of an event or state). To proceed (especially to do something foolish).

Go as a verb:

To follow or travel along (a path): To follow or proceed according to (a course or path). To travel or pass along.

Go as a verb (intransitive):

To extend (from one point in time or space to another).

Go as a verb (intransitive):

To lead (to a place); to give access to.

Go as a verb (copula):

To become.

Go as a verb:

To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.

Go as a verb (intransitive):

To continuously or habitually be in a state.

Go as a verb:

To come to (a certain condition or state).

Go as a verb (intransitive):

To change (from one value to another) in the meaning of wend.

Go as a verb:

To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).

Go as a verb (intransitive):

To tend (toward a result).

Go as a verb:

To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.

Go as a verb (intransitive, of time):

To pass, to be used up: To elapse, to pass; to slip away. To end or disappear. To be spent or used up.

Go as a verb (intransitive):

To die.

Go as a verb (intransitive):

To be discarded.

Go as a verb (intransitive, cricket):

To be lost or out: To be lost. To be out.

Go as a verb (intransitive):

To break down or apart: To collapse or give way, to break apart. To break down or decay.

Go as a verb (intransitive):

To be sold.

Go as a verb (intransitive):

To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.

Go as a verb (transitive, intransitive):

To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.

Go as a verb (transitive, sports):

To have a certain record.

Go as a verb (intransitive):

To be authoritative, accepted, or valid: To have (final) authority; to be authoritative. To be accepted. To be valid.

Go as a verb (transitive, slang):

To say (something), to make a sound: To say (something, aloud or to oneself). To make the (specified) sound. To sound; to make a noise.

Go as a verb:

To be expressed or composed (a certain way).

Go as a verb (intransitive):

To resort (to).

Go as a verb (intransitive):

To apply or subject oneself to: To apply oneself; to undertake; to have as one's goal or intention. To make an effort, to subject oneself (to something). To work (through or over), especially mentally.

Go as a verb (intransitive, often followed by a preposition):

To fit (in a place, or together with something): To fit. To be compatible, especially of colors or food and drink. To belong (somewhere).

Go as a verb (intransitive):

To date.

Go as a verb (intransitive):

To attack: To fight or attack. To attack.

Go as a verb:

To be in general; to be usually.

Go as a verb (transitive):

To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.

Go as a verb (transitive):

To yield or weigh.

Go as a verb (transitive, intransitive):

To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay.

Go as a verb (transitive, colloquial):

To enjoy.

Go as a verb (intransitive, colloquial):

To urinate or defecate.

Go as a noun (uncommon):

The act of going.

Go as a noun:

A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).

Go as a noun:

An attempt, a try.

Go as a noun:

An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved.

Go as a noun:

An act; the working or operation.

Go as a noun (slang, dated):

A circumstance or occurrence; an incident.

Go as a noun (dated):

The fashion or mode.

Go as a noun (dated):

Noisy merriment.

Go as a noun (slang, archaic):

A glass of spirits; a quantity of spirits.

Go as a noun:

Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance.

Go as a noun (cribbage):

The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above thirty-one.

Go as a noun:

A period of activity.

Go as a noun (obsolete, British slang):

A dandy; a fashionable person.

Go as a noun (board game):

A strategic board game, originally from China, in which two players (black and white) attempt to control the largest area of the board with their counters.