Alt vs Alternative - What's the difference?
alt | alternative |
A state of excitement, conveyed by a high-pitched voice.
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That lady was in alt at Loxsleigh's high station and had spent the morning making inquiries of her friends, which also allowed her to spread the word about her interesting new acquaintance. (knitting)
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(Internet, multi-user dungeon) One of a player's alternate or secondary characters.
* 1996 , "Jonobie D. Baker", Survey of MUSHers.'' (on newsgroup ''rec.games.mud.tiny )
* 2000 , "KaVir", Code Bases - why release buggy crap?'' (on newsgroup ''alt.mud )
Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities
Not traditional, outside the mainstream, underground (e.g., alternative medicine, alternative lifestyle, (alternative rock)).
Other.
alternate; reciprocal
A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities.
* 1817 , (Walter Scott), Rob Roy , XI:
One of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen.
The remaining option; something available after other possibilities have been exhausted.
As nouns the difference between alt and alternative
is that alt is a modifier key while alternative is alternative.alt
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Abbreviation
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Noun
(en noun)- Of these alts , how many of them are a gender other than your own?
- Yes, I have many alts , and no, none of the others have any unusual capitalisation.
Anagrams
* ----alternative
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(wikipedia alternative)Adjective
(-)- an alternative proposition
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Derived terms
* alternative dispute resolution * alternative energy * alternative lifestyle * alternative medicine * alternative press * alternative voteNoun
(en noun)- ‘The cloister or a betrothed husband?’ I echoed—‘Is that the alternative destined for Miss Vernon?’
