Alter vs Tamper - What's the difference?
alter | tamper |
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.
A person or thing that tamps.
A tool used to tamp something down, such as tobacco in a pipe.
To alter by making unauthorized changes; to meddle.
(in professional sports) To discuss future contracts against league rules with a player.
In intransitive terms the difference between alter and tamper
is that alter is to become different while tamper is to alter by making unauthorized changes; to meddle.As verbs the difference between alter and tamper
is that alter is to change the form or structure of while tamper is to alter by making unauthorized changes; to meddle.As a noun tamper is
a person or thing that tamps.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)