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Skift vs Swift - What's the difference?

skift | swift |

As nouns the difference between skift and swift

is that skift is {{cx|Appalachian|lang=en}} A light dusting of snow while swift is the current of a stream.

As an adjective swift is

fast; quick; rapid.

As an adverb swift is

swiftly.

As a proper noun Swift is

{{surname|from=nicknames}}, originally a nickname for a swift or quick person.

As an initialism SWIFT is

society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication.

skift

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A light dusting of snow.
  • * 2010 , Mark Parman, A Grouse Hunter’s Almanac: The Other Kind of Hunting (page 84)
    • A skift of snow had fallen overnight on the ski trails, and Paul had yet to groom them and erase the tracks in the new snow.
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    swift

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • fast; quick; rapid.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=November 12 , author= , title=International friendly: England 1-0 Spain , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Spain were provoked into a response and Villa almost provided a swift equaliser when he rounded Hart but found the angle too acute and could only hit the side-netting.}}
  • Capable of moving at high speeds.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) The current of a stream.
  • A small plain-colored bird of the family Apodidae that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight. Other common names for the birds of this family include swiftlet, needletail and spinetail.
  • Some lizards of the genus .
  • A moth of the family , (swift moth), ghost moth.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= William E. Conner
    • , title= An Acoustic Arms Race , volume=101, issue=3, page=206-7, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.}}

    Synonyms

    * (lizard) (fence lizard), (spiny lizard)

    Derived terms

    * (steam) swiftwater, * (bird) (common swift) () * (lizard) (fence swift) ()

    Derived terms

    * swiftly

    See also

    * (black martin) * (black swift) * (hawk swallow) * devil bird * devil screecher * (swingdevil) * (screech martin) * shriek owl * (chimney swallow) * (palm swift) * (tree swift) * (pine lizard)

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (obsolete, poetic) Swiftly.
  • * 1602 , , II. iii. 263:
    • Light boats sail swift , though greater hulks draw deep.
  • * 1793 ,
    • Ply swift and strong the oar.

    Synonyms

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