Switch vs Shape - What's the difference?

In lang=en terms the difference between switch and shape

is that switch is to change places, tasks, etc while shape is to give something a shape and definition.

As nouns the difference between switch and shape

is that switch is a device to turn electric current on]] and [[turn off|off or direct its flow while shape is the status or condition of something.

As verbs the difference between switch and shape

is that switch is to exchange while shape is to give something a shape and definition.

As an adjective switch

is (snowboarding) riding with their opposite foot forward from their natural position bbc sport, [http://wwwbbccouk/sport/0/winter-olympics/26141070 "sochi 2014: a jargon-busting guide to the halfpipe"], 11 february 2014 .

switch

English

Noun

(es)

A device to turn electric current on]] and [[turn off, off or direct its flow.

A change.

* {{quote-news

, year=2011 , date=January 19 , author=Jonathan Stevenson , title=Leeds 1 - 3 Arsenal , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Wenger sent on Cesc Fabregas and Van Persie to try to finish Leeds off and with 14 minutes left the switch paid off as the Spaniard sent Bendtner away down the right and his wonderful curling cross was headed in by Van Persie at the far post. }}

(rail transport, US) A movable section of railroad track which allows the train to be directed down one of two destination tracks; point.

A slender woody plant stem used as a whip; a thin, flexible rod, associated with corporal punishment in the United States.

* 2007 , Jeffrey W. Hamilton, Raising Godly Children in a Wicked World , Lulu.com, page 15:

"A proper switch is a slim, flexible branch off a tree or a bush. A switch applied to the buttocks stings fiercely. It may leave red marks or bruises, but it causes no lasting damage. ."

(computer science) A command line notation allowing specification of optional behavior.

Use the /b switch to specify black-and-white printing.

(computing, programming) A programming construct that takes different actions depending on the value of an expression.

* 2004', "Curt", ''Can I use IF statements, and still use '''switches ?'' (on newsgroup ''microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields )

(computing, networking) A networking device connecting multiple wires, allowing them to communicate simultaneously, when possible. Compare to the less efficient hub device that solely duplicates network packets to each wire.

(telecommunication) A system of specialized relays, computer hardware, or other equipment which allows the interconnection of a calling party's telephone line with any called party's line.

(BDSM) One who is willing to take either a sadistic or a masochistic role.

* 2012 , Terri-Jean Bedford, Bondage Bungalow Fantasies (page 99)

Ideally, if one of your ladies happens to be a switch (or would be willing to switch for this scene), I would love to be able to inflict a little "revenge tickling" as well, as part of a scenario.

A separate mass or tress of hair, or of some substance (such as jute) made to resemble hair, formerly worn on the head by women.

Synonyms

* (section of railroad track) (UK ) points * (whip) crop * (command-line notation) flag, option, specifier

Derived terms

* asleep at the switch * dipswitch * light switch * railway switch * switchback * switchblade * switchboard * switcheroo * switchout

Verb

(es)

To exchange.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-01, volume=407, issue=8838

, page=13 (Technology Quarterly), magazine=(The Economist) , title= Ideas coming down the track , passage=A “moving platform” scheme

To change (something) to the specified state using a switch.

To whip or hit with a switch.

* 1899 , (Joseph Conrad),

They were looking on the ground, absorbed in thought. The manager was switching his leg with a slender twig: his sagacious relative lifted his head.

To change places, tasks, etc.

(slang) To get angry suddenly; to quickly or unreasonably become enraged.

To swing or whisk.

to switch a cane

To be swung or whisked.

The angry cat's tail switched back and forth.

To trim.

to switch a hedge

(Halliwell)

To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by a switch; generally with off'', ''from , etc.

to switch''' off a train; to '''switch a car from one track to another

(ecclesiastical) To shift to another circuit.

Adjective

(-)
(snowboarding) riding with their opposite foot forward from their natural position. BBC Sport, "Sochi 2014: A jargon-busting guide to the halfpipe", 11 February 2014

Coordinate terms

(snowboarding) * goofy * regular

References

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shape
English

Noun
(en noun)
The status or condition of something

The used bookshop wouldn't offer much due to the poor shape of the book.

Condition of personal health, especially muscular health.

The vet checked to see what kind of shape the animal was in.

We exercise to keep in good physical shape .

The appearance of something, especially its outline.

He cut a square shape out of the cake.

A figure with unspecified appearance; especially a geometric figure.

What shape shall we use for the cookies? Stars, circles, or diamonds?

Form; formation.

* 2006 , Berdj Kenadjian, Martin Zakarian, From Darkness to Light :

What if God's plans and actions do mold the shape of human events?

(iron manufacture) A rolled or hammered piece, such as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section different from merchant bar.

(iron manufacture) A piece which has been roughly forged nearly to the form it will receive when completely forged or fitted.

A mould for making jelly, blancmange etc., or a piece of such food formed moulded into a particular shape.

*1918 , (Rebecca West), The Return of the Soldier , Virago 2014, p. 74:

*:‘And if I'm late for supper there's a dish of macaroni cheese you must put in the oven and a tin of tomatoes to eat with it. And there's a little rhubarb and shape .’

Hyponyms
* See also
Derived terms
* contest shape * * in no shape to * * in shape * out of shape * shapeless * shapely * shapesmith * shape-shifter * shape-shifting * shipshape * take shape * the shape of things to come * whip into shape
See also
*
Verb

To give something a shape and definition.

* 1932 , The American Scholar , page 227, United Chapters of Phi Beta Kappa

The professor never pretended to the academic prerogative of forcing his students into his own channels of reasoning; he entered into and helped shape the discussion but above all he made his men learn to think for themselves and rely upon their own intellectual judgments.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-03, volume=408, issue=8847, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= Revenge of the nerds , passage=Think of banking today and the image is of grey-suited men in towering skyscrapers. Its future, however, is being shaped in converted warehouses and funky offices in San Francisco, New York and London, where bright young things in jeans and T-shirts huddle around laptops, sipping lattes or munching on free food.}}

To form or manipulate something into a certain shape.

* Prior

Grace shaped her limbs, and beauty decked her face.

* {{quote-news, year=2010, date=December 29, author=Mark Vesty, work=BBC
, title= Wigan 2-2 Arsenal , passage=Bendtner's goal-bound shot was well saved by goalkeeper Ali Al Habsi but fell to Arsahvin on the edge of the area and the Russian swivelled, shaped his body and angled a sumptuous volley into the corner. }}
(of a country, person, etc) To give influence to.

To suit; to be adjusted or conformable.

(Shakespeare)

(obsolete) To imagine; to conceive.

* Shakespeare

Oft my jealousy / Shapes faults that are not.

Synonyms
* (give shape) form, mold
Derived terms
* beshape * foreshape * forshape * misshape * overshape * shape up
Anagrams
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