Transfer vs Shift - What's the Difference?
Definition as Noun
- a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time
- a woman's sleeveless undergarment
- a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist
- an event in which something is displaced without rotation
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters
- the act of moving from one place to another
- the act of changing one thing or position for another
- a qualitative change
- the time period during which you are at work
Definition as Noun
- a ticket that allows a passenger to change conveyances
- application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation
- someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another
- the act of transfering something from one form to another
- transferring ownership
- the act of moving something from one location to another
Definition as Verb
- move from one setting or context to another
- change in quality
- move and exchange for another
- use a shift key on a keyboard
- change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change
- change gears
- move sideways or in an unsteady way
- change place or direction
- move abruptly
- move very slightly
- make a shift in or exchange of
- lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
- move around
Definition as Verb
- move from one place to another
- cause to change ownership
- change from one vehicle or transportation line to another
- transfer somebody to a different position or location of work
- shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes
- move around
- send from one person or place to another
- lift and reset in another soil or situation
- transfer from one place or period to another
Examples
- "they built it right over a geological fault"; "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust"
- "his constant shifting disrupted the class"
- "his switch on abortion cost him the election"
- "shift the emphasis"; "shift one's attention"
- "shift the date for our class reunion"
- "She could not shift so all her letters are written in lower case"
- "Grimm showed how the consonants shifted"
- "you have to shift when you go down a steep hill"
- "The ship careened out of control"
- "The ship suddenly lurched to the left"
- "First Joe led; then we switched"
- "switch to a different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists"; "The car changed lanes"
- "transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket"
- "the best student was a transfer from LSU"
- "the transfer of the music from record to tape suppressed much of the background noise"
- "transfer the data"; "transmit the news"; "transfer the patient to another hospital"
- "I transferred my stock holdings to my children"
- "She changed in Chicago on her way to the East coast"
- "He removed his children to the countryside"; "Remove the troops to the forest surrounding the city"; "remove a case to another court"
- "transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket"
- "Transplant the young rice plants"
- "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America"