Difference between Reposition and Shift

What is the difference between Reposition and Shift?

Reposition as a verb is to put into a new position while Shift as a verb is to change, swap.

Reposition

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To put into a new position

Shift

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a type of women's undergarment, a slipa change of workers, now specifically a set group of workers or period of working timean act of shifting; a slight movement or changethe gear mechanism in a motor vehiclea button on a keyboard, chiefly for switching between upper and lower casea bit shiftThe infield shift.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To change, swap.to move from one place to another; to redistribute.to change position.To change gears (in a car).to remove the first value from an array.to dispose of.to hurry.to engage in sexual petting.

Example sentence: I come from Toledo, Ohio, a town that has been hurt badly by the shift of the automobile business towards Japan. And yet I remember how the car workers lived in the neighborhood that I grew up in. My father was a car salesman, and I remember how we lived. I remember how modestly we lived.

We hope you now know whether to use Reposition or Shift in your sentence.

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