Shifting vs Floating - What's the difference?

Shifting is a related term of floating.

As verbs the difference between shifting and floating

is that shifting is while floating is .

As nouns the difference between shifting and floating

is that shifting is a shift or change; a shifting movement while floating is (in the plural) material that floats in a liquid.

As an adjective floating is

that which floats or float.

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.

floating

English

Adjective

(-)

That which floats or float.

floating buoys

Not fixed in position, opinion etc.; free to move or drift.

The outcome of the forthcoming election is still unclear due to the large number of floating voters.

In China, the large floating population has tended to gravitate to cities.

You can drag the floating toolbars to any position on the screen.

(linguistics, of a tone) that is not attached to any consonant or vowel within its morpheme.

Derived terms

* floating point, floating-point * floating voter

Verb

(head)

Noun

(en noun)

(in the plural) Material that floats in a liquid.

* 1898 , Journal of Microscopy (page 256)

Plastic mud, brownish tinted, rich in floatings .