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Alters vs Significantly - What's the difference?

alters | significantly |

As a verb alters

is third-person singular of alter.

As an adverb significantly is

in a significant manner or to a significant extent.

alters

English

Verb

(head)
  • (alter)

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    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

    External links

    * *

    Anagrams

    * * * * * ----

    significantly

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • In a significant manner or to a significant extent.

    • Synonyms

    * way