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Unsettled vs Shifting - What's the difference?

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Unsettled is a related term of shifting.


As verbs the difference between unsettled and shifting

is that unsettled is (unsettle) while shifting is .

As an adjective unsettled

is disturbed, upset.

As a noun shifting is

a shift or change; a shifting movement.

unsettled

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Disturbed, upset.
  • :I was unsettled by the sudden outburst, and since I didn't know what to do I just stood there, confused.
  • Not in a steady condition, uncertain, subject to change.
  • Not populated, having no settlers or other inhabitants.
  • Unpaid.
  • :We need to settle this bill; even if you think the charge is too high we can't just leave it unsettled .

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (unsettle)

    • 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.