Veering vs Shifting - What's the difference?
veering | shifting | Related terms |
A motion that veers; a sudden swerve.
A shift or change; a shifting movement.
* (Charles Lamb)
* 1978 , Jack Vance, The View from Chickweed's Window
Veering is a related term of shifting.
As verbs the difference between veering and shifting
is that veering is while shifting is .As nouns the difference between veering and shifting
is that veering is a motion that veers; a sudden swerve while shifting is a shift or change; a shifting movement.veering
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(en noun)- [H]er mood, though consistently excited, was labile in affect, with sudden veerings from stormy hypomania to fearfulness and agitated depression.'' — Oliver Sacks, ''Awakenings .
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*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.