The difference between Fondle and Shift
When used as verbs, fondle means to touch or stroke lovingly, whereas shift means to change, swap.
Shift is also noun with the meaning: a type of women's undergarment, a slip.
check bellow for the other definitions of Fondle and Shift
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Fondle as a verb:
To touch or stroke lovingly.
Examples:
"Mothers fondle their babies."
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Fondle as a verb:
To grasp.
Examples:
"The lovers fondled each other."
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Shift as a noun (historical):
A type of women's undergarment, a slip.
Examples:
"Just last week she bought a new shift at the market."
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Shift as a noun:
A change of workers, now specifically a set group of workers or period of working time.
Examples:
"We'll work three shifts a day till the job's done."
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Shift as a noun:
An act of shifting; a slight movement or change.
Examples:
"There was a shift in the political atmosphere."
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Shift as a noun (US):
The gear mechanism in a motor vehicle.
Examples:
"Does it come with a stick-shift?"
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Shift as a noun:
.
Examples:
"If you press shift-P, the preview display will change."
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Shift as a noun (computing):
A bit shift.
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Shift as a noun (baseball):
The infield shift.
Examples:
"Teams often use the shift against this lefty."
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Shift as a noun (Ireland, crude, _, slang, often with the definite article, usually, _, uncountable):
The act of kissing passionately.
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Shift as a noun (archaic):
A contrivance, device to try when other methods fail.
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Shift as a noun (archaic):
A trick, an artifice.
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Shift as a noun:
In building, the extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed in courses so as to break joints.
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Shift as a noun (mining):
A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.
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Shift as a noun (genetics):
A mutation in which the DNA or RNA from two different sources (such as viruses or bacteria) combine.
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Shift as a verb (transitive):
To change, swap.
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Shift as a verb (transitive):
To move from one place to another; to redistribute.
Examples:
"We'll have to shift these boxes to the downtown office."
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Shift as a verb (intransitive):
To change position.
Examples:
"She shifted slightly in her seat."
"His political stance shifted daily."
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Shift as a verb (obsolete, transitive):
To change (one's clothes); also to change (someone's) underclothes.
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Shift as a verb (intransitive):
To change gears (in a car).
Examples:
"I crested the hill and shifted into fifth."
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Shift as a verb (typewriters):
To move the keys of a typewriter over in order to type capital letters and special characters.
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Shift as a verb (computer keyboards):
To switch to a character entry mode for capital letters and special characters.
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Shift as a verb (transitive, computing):
To manipulate a binary number by moving all of its digits left or right; compare rotate.
Examples:
"'Shifting 1001 to the left yields 10010; shifting it right yields 100."
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Shift as a verb (transitive, computing):
To remove the first value from an array.
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Shift as a verb (transitive):
To dispose of.
Examples:
"How can I shift a grass stain?"
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Shift as a verb (intransitive):
To hurry.
Examples:
"If you shift, you might make the 2:19."
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Shift as a verb (Ireland, vulgar, slang):
To engage in sexual petting.
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Shift as a verb (archaic):
To resort to expedients for accomplishing a purpose; to contrive; to manage.
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Shift as a verb:
To practice indirect or evasive methods.