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Alternating vs Altering - What's the difference?

alternating | altering |

As verbs the difference between alternating and altering

is that alternating is while altering is .

As an adjective alternating

is that alternates.

As a noun altering is

alteration.

alternating

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • that alternates
  • (mathematics, of a knot) Having a planar diagram whose crossings alternate between "over" and "under" as one travels along the knot.
  • (mathematics, of a series) Having terms that alternate between positive and negative.

    • Derived terms

    * alternating current

    altering

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • alteration
  • * George Fox
    • And stand steadfast in the unchangeable life and seed of God, which was before changings and alterings were; and which will remain when they all are gone.

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