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Alter vs Acter - What's the difference?

alter | acter |

As an adjective alter

is .

As a noun acter is

a play or film with a particular number of acts.

alter

English

Alternative forms

* altre (obsolete)

Verb

(en verb)
  • To change the form or structure of.
  • * Bible, Psalms lxxxix. 34
    • My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
  • * Shakespeare
    • No power in Venice can alter a decree.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • It gilds all objects, but it alters none.
  • To become different.
  • To tailor clothes to make them fit.
  • To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
  • (obsolete) To agitate; to affect mentally.
    • (Milton)

    Derived terms

    * alterer * alterability * alterative * alterable * alterably

    Related terms

    * alteration * alternate * alternative

    External links

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    Anagrams

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    acter

    English

    Noun

    (s)
  • A play or film with a particular number of acts.
    • a one-acter
    a two-acter
  • (uncommon) An actor, something which acts.