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Creator vs Shifter - What's the difference?

creator | shifter |

As a proper noun creator

is (religion) a god who created the universe.

As a noun shifter is

one who, or that which, shifts or changes.

creator

English

(Creator deity)

Alternative forms

* creatour (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Something or someone which creates or makes something.
    • Kenneth E. Iverson was the creator of APL.
  • (religion) The deity that created the world.

    • Usage notes

    * Usually capitalized as Creator when referring to a specific deity.

    Related terms

    * create * creation * creational * creationary * creative * creatrix * creature * procreate * recreate * recreation

    Anagrams

    * English agent nouns ----

    shifter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who, or that which, shifts or changes.
  • (dated) One who plays tricks or practices artifice; a cozener.
    • 'Twas such a shifter that, if truth were known, Death was half glad when he had got him down. — Milton.
  • (nautical) An assistant to the ship's cook in washing, steeping, and shifting the salt provisions.
  • (engineering) An arrangement for shifting a belt sidewise from one pulley to another.
  • (engineering, textiles) A wire for changing a loop from one needle to another, as in narrowing, etc.
  • (cycling) A component used by the rider to control the gearing mechanisms and select the desired gear ratio, usually connected to the derailleur by a mechanical actuation cable.
  • A spanner with an adjustable jaw size.
    • (Webster 1913) English agent nouns