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Alter vs Edited - What's the difference?

alter | edited |

As verbs the difference between alter and edited

is that alter is to change the form or structure of while edited is past tense of edit.

As an adjective edited is

having been altered from the original version: being something that someone has edited.

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

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    edited

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • having been altered from the original version: being something that someone has edited

    • Antonyms

    * unedited

    Verb

    (head)
  • (edit)
    • A user edited this page

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