Shifting vs Altered - What's the difference?
shifting | altered |
A shift or change; a shifting movement.
* (Charles Lamb)
* 1978 , Jack Vance, The View from Chickweed's Window
As verbs the difference between shifting and altered
is that shifting is while altered is (alter).As nouns the difference between shifting and altered
is that shifting is a shift or change; a shifting movement while altered is a kind of car in drag racing, usually with a partial body situated behind the exposed engine.shifting
English
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(en noun)- I remember the last time I saw Macbeth played, the discrepancy I felt at the changes of garment which he varied, the shiftings and reshiftings, like a Romish priest at mass.
- Then everyone moved at the same time — slight shiftings of the hands and feet, furtive easings of position.