Altered vs Transformed - What's the difference?
altered | transformed |
(alter)
A kind of car in drag racing, usually with a partial body situated behind the exposed engine.
(transform)
To change greatly the appearance or form of.
* Shakespeare
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To change the nature, condition or function of; to change in nature, disposition, heart, character, etc.; to convert.
* Bible, Romans xii. 2
(mathematics) To subject to a transformation; to change into another form without altering the value.
(electricity) To subject to the action of a transformer.
(genetics) To subject (a cell) to transformation.
To undergo a transformation.
As verbs the difference between altered and transformed
is that altered is (alter) while transformed is (transform).As a noun altered
is a kind of car in drag racing, usually with a partial body situated behind the exposed engine.altered
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(en verb)- The alchemists sought to transform lead into gold.
- Love may transform me to an oyster.
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- Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.
