Alter vs Alleviate - What's the difference?
alter | alleviate |
To change the form or structure of.
* Bible, Psalms lxxxix. 34
* Shakespeare
* Alexander Pope
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.
To make less severe, as a pain or difficulty.
As an adjective alter
is .As a verb alleviate is
to make less severe, as a pain or difficulty.alter
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Alternative forms
* altre (obsolete)Verb
(en verb)- My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
- No power in Venice can alter a decree.
- It gilds all objects, but it alters none.
- (Milton)
Derived terms
* alterer * alterability * alterative * alterable * alterablyExternal links
* *Anagrams
* * * * * ----alleviate
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Verb
- Alcohol is often a cheap tool to alleviate the stress of a hard day.