The difference between Drift and Set

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 .

Set as a verb (transitive):

To put (something) down, to rest.

Set as a verb (transitive):

To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.

Set as a verb (transitive):

To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.

Set as a verb (transitive, dated):

To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.

Set as a verb (transitive):

To determine or settle.

Set as a verb (transitive):

To adjust.

Set as a verb (transitive):

To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.

Set as a verb (transitive):

To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.

Set as a verb (transitive):

To introduce or describe.

Set as a verb (transitive):

To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to.

Set as a verb (transitive):

To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).

Set as a verb (transitive):

To prepare (a stage or film set).

Set as a verb (transitive):

To fit (someone) up in a situation.

Set as a verb (transitive):

To arrange (type).

Set as a verb (transitive):

To devise and assign (work) to.

Set as a verb (transitive, volleyball):

To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.

Set as a verb (intransitive):

To solidify.

Set as a verb (transitive):

To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.

Set as a verb (intransitive):

Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.

Set as a verb (transitive, bridge):

To defeat a contract.

Set as a verb (obsolete, now followed by "out", as in [[set out]]):

To begin to move; to go forth.

Set as a verb (transitive, botany):

To produce after pollination.

Set as a verb (intransitive, of fruit):

To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.

Set as a verb (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects):

To sit .

Set as a verb:

To hunt game with the aid of a setter.

Set as a verb (hunting, ambitransitive):

Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.

Set as a verb (obsolete):

To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly; to set out.

Set as a verb (ambitransitive):

To fit music to words.

Set as a verb (ambitransitive):

To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.

Set as a verb:

To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.

Set as a verb:

To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.

Set as a verb:

To place or fix in a setting.

Set as a verb:

To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.

Set as a verb:

To extend and bring into position; to spread.

Set as a verb:

To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.

Set as a verb:

To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.

Set as a verb (masonry):

To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.

Set as a verb (obsolete):

To wager in gambling; to risk.

Set as a verb:

To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.

Set as a verb (obsolete):

To value; to rate; used with at.

Set as a verb:

To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.

Set as a verb (Scotland):

To suit; to become.

Set as a noun:

A punch for setting nails in wood.

Set as a noun:

A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.

Set as a noun:

a hole made and lived in by a badger.

Set as a noun:

pattern of threads and yarns.

Set as a noun:

piece of quarried stone.

Set as a noun (horticulture):

A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.

Set as a noun:

The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.

Set as a noun (obsolete, rare):

That which is staked; a wager; hence, a gambling game.

Set as a noun (engineering):

Permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.

Set as a noun (piledriving):

A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.

Set as a noun (printing, dated):

The width of the body of a type.

Set as a noun:

A young oyster when first attached.

Set as a noun:

Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.

Set as a noun:

A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun)

Set as a noun (colloquial):

The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.

Set as a noun:

The camber of a curved roofing tile.

Set as an adjective:

Fixed in position.

Set as an adjective:

Rigid, solidified.

Set as an adjective:

Ready, prepared.

Set as an adjective:

Intent, determined (to do something).

Set as an adjective:

Prearranged.

Set as an adjective:

Fixed in one's opinion.

Set as an adjective (of hair):

Fixed in a certain style.

Set as a noun:

A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.

Set as a noun:

A rudimentary fruit.

Set as a noun (by extension):

The setting of the sun or other luminary; the close of the day.

Set as a noun (literally, and, figuratively):

General movement; direction; drift; tendency.

Set as a noun:

A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 1, Noun.)

Set as a noun:

A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.

Set as a noun:

An object made up of several parts.

Set as a noun (set theory):

A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order or repetition of the objects which may be contained within it.

Set as a noun (in plural, “sets”, mathematics, informal):

Set theory.

Set as a noun:

A group of people, usually meeting socially.

Set as a noun:

The scenery for a film or play.

Set as a noun (dance):

The initial or basic formation of dancers.

Set as a noun (exercise):

A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.

Set as a noun (tennis):

A complete series of games, forming part of a match.

Set as a noun (volleyball):

A complete series of points, forming part of a match.

Set as a noun (volleyball):

The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.

Set as a noun (music):

A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.

Set as a noun (music):

A drum kit, a drum set.

Set as a noun (UK, education):

A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.

Set as a noun (poker, slang):

Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is on the board. Compare .

Set as a verb (UK, education):

To divide a class group in a subject according to ability