Shifting vs Sifting - What's the difference?
shifting | sifting |
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 sifting
is that shifting is present participle of lang=en while sifting is present participle of lang=en.As nouns the difference between shifting and sifting
is that shifting is a shift or change; a shifting movement while sifting is the act by which something is sifted.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.
