Shifting and Variant

Shifting

Shifting adjective - Changing position or direction.

Variant and shifting are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Variant" instead an adjective "Shifting".

Nearby Words: shift, shifted, shifty, shifter

Variant

Variant adjective - Exhibiting variation and change.

Shifting and variant are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Shifting" instead an adjective "Variant".

Nearby Words: variation, variance, variability

Both words in one sentence

  • Wrede is a variant of this - its geography is constantly shifting, such that the royal castle can at best be said to be located somewhere near the center of the kingdom.
    Source: Mobile Maze
  • Secret Invasion: A What if... one-shot made a variant: the shape-shifting aliens Skrulls successfully invaded earth.
  • Gorgeous Gorgon M'gann in Young Justice turns out to be a non villainous variant of the shape shifting kind in progressively deeper levels of deception.
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