The difference between Shift and Swap

When used as nouns, shift means a type of women's undergarment, a slip, whereas swap means an exchange of two comparable things.

When used as verbs, shift means to change, swap, whereas swap means to exchange or give (something) in an exchange (for something else).

check bellow for the other definitions of Shift and Swap

  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:

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    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.

  1. Swap as a verb (transitive):

    To exchange or give (something) in an exchange (for something else).

    Examples:

    "synonyms exchange switch trade"

  2. Swap as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To hit, to strike.

  3. Swap as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap.

  4. Swap as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):

    To descend or fall; to rush hastily or violently.

  1. Swap as a noun:

    An exchange of two comparable things.

    Examples:

    "quote-book lang=1819 w Sir Walter Scott w Tales of My Landlord section=The Bride of Lammermoor passage=I e’en changed it, as occasion served, with the skippers o’ Dutch luggers and French vessels, for gin and brandy... a gude swap too, between what cheereth the soul of man and that which dingeth it clean out of his body"

  2. Swap as a noun (finance):

    A financial derivative in which two parties agree to exchange one stream of cashflow against another stream.

  3. Swap as a noun (computing, informal, uncountable):

    Space available in a swap file for use as auxiliary memory.

    Examples:

    "How much swap do you need?"

  1. Swap as a noun (obsolete, UK, dialect):

    A blow; a stroke.

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