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Veering vs Shifting - What's the difference?

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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

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A motion that veers; a sudden swerve.
  • [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

    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.