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Shifting vs Changeable - What's the difference?

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Shifting is a related term of changeable.


As a verb shifting

is .

As a noun shifting

is a shift or change; a shifting movement.

As an adjective changeable is

capable of being changed.

shifting

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A shift or change; a shifting movement.
  • * (Charles Lamb)
    • 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.
  • * 1978 , Jack Vance, The View from Chickweed's Window
    • Then everyone moved at the same time — slight shiftings of the hands and feet, furtive easings of position.

    changeable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Capable of being changed.
  • Subject to sudden or frequent changes.
    • The weather is very changeable today; it can be bright sunshine, cloudy, windy and rainy in the same half-hour.

    Derived terms

    * changeably * changeability