The difference between Rush and Shift

When used as nouns, rush means any of several stiff plants of the genus juncus, or the family juncaceae, having hollow or pithy stems and small flowers, and often growing in marshes or near water, whereas shift means a type of women's undergarment, a slip.

When used as verbs, rush means to hurry, whereas shift means to change, swap.

Rush is also adjective with the meaning: performed with, or requiring urgency or great haste, or done under pressure.

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  1. Rush as a noun:

    Any of several stiff plants of the genus Juncus, or the family Juncaceae, having hollow or pithy stems and small flowers, and often growing in marshes or near water.

  2. Rush as a noun:

    The stem of such plants used in making baskets, mats, the seats of chairs, etc.

  3. Rush as a noun:

    The merest trifle; a straw.

  1. Rush as a noun:

    A sudden forward motion.

  2. Rush as a noun:

    A surge.

    Examples:

    "A rush of business can be difficult to handle effectively for its unexpected volume."

  3. Rush as a noun:

    General haste.

    Examples:

    "Many errors were made in the rush to finish."

  4. Rush as a noun:

    A rapid, noisy flow.

    Examples:

    "a rush of water; a rush of footsteps"

  5. Rush as a noun (military):

    A sudden attack; an onslaught.

  6. Rush as a noun (contact sports):

    The act of running at another player to block or disrupt play.

    Examples:

    "a rush on the quarterback"

  7. Rush as a noun (American football, dated):

    A rusher; a lineman.

    Examples:

    "the center rush, whose place is in the center of the rush line"

  8. Rush as a noun:

    A sudden, brief exhilaration, for instance the pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant.

    Examples:

    "The rollercoaster gave me a rush."

  9. Rush as a noun (US, figuratively):

    A regulated period of recruitment in fraternities and sororities.

    Examples:

    "'rush week"

  10. Rush as a noun (US, dated, college slang):

    A perfect recitation.

  11. Rush as a noun (croquet):

    A roquet in which the object ball is sent to a particular location on the lawn.

  1. Rush as a verb (transitive, or, intransitive):

    To hurry; to perform a task with great haste.

    Examples:

    "'rush one's dinner; rush off an email response"

  2. Rush as a verb (intransitive):

    To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily.

    Examples:

    "armies rush to battle; waters rush down a precipice."

  3. Rush as a verb (intransitive, football):

    To dribble rapidly.

  4. Rush as a verb (transitive, or, intransitive, contact sports):

    To run directly at another player in order to block or disrupt play.

  5. Rush as a verb (transitive):

    To cause to move or act with unusual haste.

    Examples:

    "Don't rush your client or he may withdraw."

  6. Rush as a verb (intransitive, military):

    To make a swift or sudden attack.

  7. Rush as a verb (military):

    To swiftly attack without warning.

  8. Rush as a verb (video games, slang, transitive):

    To attack (an opponent) with a large swarm of units; to zerg.

  9. Rush as a verb (transitive, or, intransitive, US, college):

    To attempt to join a fraternity or sorority; to undergo hazing or initiation in order to join a fraternity or sorority.

  10. Rush as a verb (transitive):

    To transport or carry quickly.

    Examples:

    "The shuttle rushes passengers from the station to the airport."

  11. Rush as a verb (transitive, or, intransitive, croquet):

    To roquet an object ball to a particular location on the lawn.

  12. Rush as a verb (US, slang, dated):

    To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error.

  1. Rush as an adjective:

    Performed with, or requiring urgency or great haste, or done under pressure.

    Examples:

    "a rush job"

  1. 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."

  2. 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."

  3. Shift as a noun:

    An act of shifting; a slight movement or change.

    Examples:

    "There was a shift in the political atmosphere."

  4. Shift as a noun (US):

    The gear mechanism in a motor vehicle.

    Examples:

    "Does it come with a stick-shift?"

  5. Shift as a noun:

    .

    Examples:

    "If you press shift-P, the preview display will change."

  6. Shift as a noun (computing):

    A bit shift.

  7. Shift as a noun (baseball):

    The infield shift.

    Examples:

    "Teams often use the shift against this lefty."

  8. Shift as a noun (Ireland, crude, _, slang, often with the definite article, usually, _, uncountable):

    The act of kissing passionately.

  9. Shift as a noun (archaic):

    A contrivance, device to try when other methods fail.

  10. Shift as a noun (archaic):

    A trick, an artifice.

  11. 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.

  12. Shift as a noun (mining):

    A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.

  13. Shift as a noun (genetics):

    A mutation in which the DNA or RNA from two different sources (such as viruses or bacteria) combine.

  1. Shift as a verb (transitive):

    To change, swap.

  2. 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."

  3. Shift as a verb (intransitive):

    To change position.

    Examples:

    "She shifted slightly in her seat."

    "His political stance shifted daily."

  4. Shift as a verb (obsolete, transitive):

    To change (one's clothes); also to change (someone's) underclothes.

  5. Shift as a verb (intransitive):

    To change gears (in a car).

    Examples:

    "I crested the hill and shifted into fifth."

  6. Shift as a verb (typewriters):

    To move the keys of a typewriter over in order to type capital letters and special characters.

  7. Shift as a verb (computer keyboards):

    To switch to a character entry mode for capital letters and special characters.

  8. 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."

  9. Shift as a verb (transitive, computing):

    To remove the first value from an array.

  10. Shift as a verb (transitive):

    To dispose of.

    Examples:

    "How can I shift a grass stain?"

  11. Shift as a verb (intransitive):

    To hurry.

    Examples:

    "If you shift, you might make the 2:19."

  12. Shift as a verb (Ireland, vulgar, slang):

    To engage in sexual petting.

  13. Shift as a verb (archaic):

    To resort to expedients for accomplishing a purpose; to contrive; to manage.

  14. Shift as a verb:

    To practice indirect or evasive methods.

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