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Alter vs Modified - What's the difference?

alter | modified |

As verbs the difference between alter and modified

is that alter is to change the form or structure of while modified is past tense of modify.

As an adjective modified is

changed; altered.

As a noun modified is

any vehicle used in modified racing.

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

    Anagrams

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    modified

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • changed; altered
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (modify)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any vehicle used in modified racing.