going vs shifting

going

noun
  • Progress. 

  • Conditions for advancing in any way. 

  • The horizontal distance between the front of one step in a flight of stairs and the front of the next. 

  • The whereabouts (of something). 

  • The suitability of ground for riding, walking etc. 

  • Course of life; behaviour; doings; ways. 

  • A departure. 

verb
  • Attending or visiting (a stated event, place, etc.) habitually or regularly. 

adj
  • Likely to continue; viable. 

  • Current, prevailing. 

  • Available. 

shifting

noun
  • A shift or change; a shifting movement. 

  • The phenomenon by which two or more constituents appearing on the same side of their common head exchange positions to obtain non-canonical order. 

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