gearshift vs shifter what difference
what is difference between gearshift and shifter
English
Noun
gearshift (plural gearshifts)
- Alternative spelling of gear shift
Verb
gearshift (third-person singular simple present gearshifts, present participle gearshifting, simple past and past participle gearshifted)
- (rare) To shift gears.
English
Etymology
shift + -er
Noun
shifter (plural shifters)
- One who, or that which, shifts or changes.
- (linguistics) A word whose meaning changes depending on the situation, as by deixis.
- (dated) One who plays tricks or practices artifice; a cozener.
- (nautical) An assistant to the ship’s cook in washing, steeping, and shifting the salt provisions.
- (engineering) An arrangement for shifting a belt sidewise from one pulley to another.
- (engineering, textiles) A wire for changing a loop from one needle to another, as in narrowing, etc.
- (cycling) A component used by the rider to control the gearing mechanisms and select the desired gear ratio, usually connected to the derailleur by a mechanical actuation cable.
- A spanner with an adjustable jaw size.
- (mining, historical) A person employed to repair the horseways and other passages, and keep them unobstructed.
- (US, Pennsylvania) A switcher or shunter: a railroad locomotive used for shunting.
- (mythology, science fiction, fantasy) A shape-shifter, or a person or other being capable of changing their physical form.
- (erotica) A genre of erotica focusing on lycanthropes or other shapeshifters, such as werewolves.
Synonyms
- (shapeshifter): See Thesaurus:shape-shifter.
Derived terms
- shifter cart
- phase shifter
- video shifter
Anagrams
- reshift
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