Loop
How words are described
| full | full loop | full shift |
| long | long loop | long shift |
| similar | similar loop | similar shift |
| original | original loop | original shift |
| Other adjectives: single, entire, constant, massive, big, huge, animated, new, permanent, final, temporal, next, strange, last, different, resulting, bigger. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Continuing Is Painful: Every time the loop restarts, Cage is flinching from the previous death, though each successive time seems to shift from shock to annoyance.
Source: Film / Edge of Tomorrow -
And related to both of these phenomena, any supermarket, department store, or other retail employee will tell you that being bombarded with a constant loop of Christmas music every shift from about mid-September onwards is a really good way to develop a passionate loathing for it.
Source: The Grinch - This claims to be a dubstep remix of Pearl Jam's "Jeremy", when in reality it's a generic techno loop with the lyrics to "Jeremy" played completely out of sync with the rest of the song with a pitch shift, reverb, and slower tempo added for good measure.
Source: Horrible / Music
Cite this Source
Shift and Loop. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/loop/shift
Loop & Shift. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/loop/shift>.
Shift or Loop. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/loop/shift.
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