1.  night shift(n = noun.time) graveyard shift - the work shift during the night (as midnight to 8 a.m.);
is a kind of duty period, shift, work shift

2.  night shift(n = noun.group) graveyard shift - workers who work during the night (as midnight to 8 a.m.);
is a kind of shift

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