Shift
Part of speech: noun
Definition: a type of women's undergarment, a slip a change of workers, now specifically a set group of workers or period of working time an act of shifting; a slight movement or change the gear mechanism in a motor vehicle a button on a keyboard, chiefly for switching between upper and lower case a bit shift The 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: We're leading a fundamental shift from centralized energy to distributed energy. Energy will go in that direction, just like mainframe computers went to client servers, then to the Internet. I believe in solar, and the macro trends are just too undeniable.
Agitate
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel.To move or actuate. --Thomson.To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly agitated.To discuss with great earnestness; to debate; as, a controversy hotly agitated. --Boyle.To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to plot; as, politicians agitate desperate designs.