Shifting vs Shafting - What's the difference?
shifting | shafting |
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 shafting
is that shifting is present participle of lang=en while shafting is present participle of shaft.As nouns the difference between shifting and shafting
is that shifting is a shift or change; a shifting movement while shafting is shafts collectively; a system of connected shafts for communicating motion.shifting
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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.