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: There is an urgent need to stop subsidizing the fossil fuel industry, dramatically reduce wasted energy, and significantly shift our power supplies from oil, coal, and natural gas to wind, solar, geothermal, and other renewable energy sources.
Transfer
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The act of conveying or removing something from one place, person or thing to another.An instance of conveying or removing from one place, person or thing to another; a transferal.A design conveyed by contact from one surface to another; a heat transfer.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.To convey the impression of (something) from one surface to another.To be or become transferred.To arrange for something to officially belong to or be controlled by somebody else.
Example sentence: I view Bitcoin as the more democratic version of money and value transfer because no one controls it... I expect the Internet to be around longer than any nation-state, so a nation-state-backed currency is actually less safe than an Internet currency in my mind.