Difference between Swerve and Sheer

SWERVE vs SHEER: NOUN

To deviate from sheer, and risk fouling the anchor.
The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck, gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from the side.
A light scaffold, usually with three inclined legs, on which miners stand in drilling to get above the drill-rod.
A curving course or sweep; a deviation or divergence from a particular course.
The paint-strake or sheer-strake of a vessel.
The position in which a ship at single anchor is placed to keep her clear of the anchor.
The rise from a horizontal plane of the longitudinal lines of a ship as seen in looking along its side.
The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and swinging clear of it.
A turn or change in a course.
Shears See Shear.
A boom slanting across a stream to direct floating logs to one side.
One that is sheer, such as a curtain.
See Shear hulk, under Hulk.
A projection of the lines of a vessel on a vertical longitudinal plane passing through the middle line of the vessel.
An iron rod lashed to the shrouds just above the dead-eyes and parallel to the ratlines.
The strake under the gunwale on the top side.
A long strip of wood to guide the carpenters in following the sheer plan.
The position in which a ship at anchor is maintained in order to keep it clear of the anchor.
The upward curve or amount of upward curve of the longitudinal lines of a ship's hull as viewed from the side.
A swerving or deviating course.

To bend; to incline.
To wander from any line prescribed, or from a rule or duty; to depart from what is established by law, duty, custom, or the like; to deviate.
To go out of a straight line; to deflect.
To stray; to wander; to rope.

To turn or move aside to a distance; to move away.
To decline or deviate from the line of the proper course; to turn aside; to swerve.
To approach obliquely.

To turn aside suddenly or quickly; turn suddenly aside from the direct course or aim: used of both physical and moral action.
To wander; rove; stray; roam; ramble.
To climb or move upward by winding or turning.
To turn aside; cause to change in course.
Turn sharply
Change direction abruptly
(transitive; intransitive verb) To turn aside or be turned aside from a straight path or established pattern.

Pure; clear; bright; shining.
Uncombined with anything else; simple; mere; bare; by itself.
Absolute; utter; downright: as, sheer nonsense or ignorance; sheer waste; sheer stupidity.
Straight up or straight down; perpendicular; precipitous; unobstructed: as, a sheer descent.
Very thin and delicate; diaphanous: especially said of cambric or muslin.
Quite; right; straight; clean.
To make pure; clear; purify.
An obsolete spelling of shear.
Nautical, to swerve or deviate from a line or course; turn aside or away, as for the purpose of avoiding collision or other danger: as, to sheer off from a rock.
Very steep
Complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
Completely
Turn sharply
Change direction abruptly
(intransitive; transitive verb) To swerve or cause to swerve from a course.

Sideswipe, Careen, Oncoming, Avert, Avoid, Skew, Slew, Slue, Sheer, Trend, Cut, Yaw, Curve, Veering, Veer

Steep, Thin, Rank, Filmy, Unmixed, Complete, Gauzy, Cobwebby, Downright, Vaporous, Diaphanous, Plain, Gossamer, Absolute, Pure

Hurtle, Sideswipe, Careen, Oncoming, Avert, Avoid, Skew, Slew, Slue, Sheer, Trend, Cut, Curve, Veering, Veer

Steep, Thin, Rank, Filmy, Unmixed, Complete, Gauzy, Cobwebby, Downright, Vaporous, Diaphanous, Plain, Gossamer, Absolute, Pure

The Jumeirah Zabeel Saray is about sheer indulgence.
Not to mention the sheer pleasure of it.
For a more sheer coverage, warm between fingertips.
We gasped before our television with sheer excitement.
Wallenda, who defied gravity out of sheer heart.
The growth in sheer numbers brought heavy clout.
Sheer chaos seems inevitable in that unhappy instance.
Cooper is sheer class as his mirror image.
The airport can be the springboard for sheer frustration or sheer joy, depending on the day, your destination and the service.
We also carry sheer weight interfacing, which is meant to be used for clothing and decorations that utilize sheer fabrics.