The difference between Shift and Trick

When used as nouns, shift means a type of women's undergarment, a slip, whereas trick means something designed to fool or swindle.

When used as verbs, shift means to change, swap, whereas trick means to fool.

Trick is also adjective with the meaning: stylish or cool.

check bellow for the other definitions of Shift and Trick

  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. Trick as an adjective (slang):

    Stylish or cool.

    Examples:

    "Wow, your new sportscar is so trick."

  1. Trick as a noun:

    Something designed to fool or swindle.

    Examples:

    "It was just a trick to say that the house was underpriced."

  2. Trick as a noun:

    A single element of a magician's (or any variety entertainer's) act; a magic trick.

    Examples:

    "And for my next trick, I will pull a wombat out of a duffel bag."

  3. Trick as a noun:

    An entertaining difficult physical action.

    Examples:

    "That's a nice skateboard, but can you do any tricks on it?"

  4. Trick as a noun:

    An effective, clever or quick way of doing something.

    Examples:

    "'tricks of the trade; what's the trick of getting this chair to fold up?"

  5. Trick as a noun:

    Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank.

    Examples:

    "the tricks of boys"

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  6. Trick as a noun (dated):

    A particular habit or manner; a peculiarity; a trait.

    Examples:

    "a trick of drumming with the fingers; a trick of frowning"

  7. Trick as a noun:

    A knot, braid, or plait of hair.

    Examples:

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  8. Trick as a noun (card games):

    A sequence in which each player plays a card and a winning play is determined.

    Examples:

    "I was able to take the second trick with the queen of hearts."

  9. Trick as a noun (slang):

    An act of prostitution.

    Examples:

    "At the worst point, she was turning ten tricks a day."

  10. Trick as a noun (slang):

    A customer to a prostitute.

    Examples:

    "As the businessman rounded the corner, she thought, "Here comes another trick."

  11. Trick as a noun:

    A daily period of work, especially in shift-based jobs.

  12. Trick as a noun (nautical):

    A sailor's spell of work at the helm, usually two hours long.

  13. Trick as a noun:

    A toy; a trifle; a plaything.

    Examples:

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  1. Trick as a verb (transitive):

    To fool; to cause to believe something untrue; to deceive.

    Examples:

    "You tried to trick me when you said that house was underpriced."

  2. Trick as a verb (heraldry):

    To draw (as opposed to blazon - to describe in words).

  3. Trick as a verb:

    To dress; to decorate; to adorn fantastically; often followed by up, off, or out.

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