Exchange vs Convert - What's the difference?
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An act of exchanging or trading.
A place for conducting trading.
A telephone exchange.
(telephony, US only? ) The fourth through sixth digits of a ten-digit phone number (the first three before the introduction of area codes).
A conversation.
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(chess) The loss of one piece and associated capture of another
# The loss of a relatively minor piece (typically a bishop or knight) and associated capture of the more advantageous rook
(obsolete) The thing given or received in return; especially, a publication exchanged for another.
To trade or barter.
To replace with, as a substitute.
A person who has converted to his or her religion.
A person who is now in favour of something that he or she previously opposed or disliked.
(lb) To transform or change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product.
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*(Thomas Burnet) (1635?-1715)
*:if the whole atmosphere were converted into water
*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:That still lessens / The sorrow, and converts it nigh to joy.
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, magazine=(American Scientist), title= (lb) To change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another.
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*:“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable,.
(lb) To induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, ideology or belief.
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*:No attempt was made to convert the Moslems.
(lb) To exchange for something of equal value.
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(lb) To express (a quantity) in alternative units.
(lb) To express (a unit of measure) in terms of another; to furnish a mathematical formula by which a quantity, expressed in the former unit, may be given in the latter.
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To appropriate wrongfully or unlawfully; to commit the common law tort of conversion.
To score extra points after (a try) by completing a conversion.
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(lb) To undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief.
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(lb) To become converted.
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To cause to turn; to turn.
*(Ben Jonson) (1572-1637)
*:O, which way shall I first convert myself?
To change (one proposition) into another, so that what was the subject of the first becomes the predicate of the second.
To turn into another language; to translate.
*(Ben Jonson) (1572-1637)
*:which storyCatullus more elegantly converted
In transitive terms the difference between exchange and convert
is that exchange is to replace with, as a substitute while convert is to express (a unit of measure) in terms of another; to furnish a mathematical formula by which a quantity, expressed in the former unit, may be given in the latter.exchange
English
(wikipedia exchange)Etymology 1
From (etyl) eschaunge, from (etyl) eschaunge, from (etyl) eschange (whence modern French ). Spelling later changed on the basis of ex- in English.Noun
(en noun)- All in all, it was an even exchange .
- an exchange of cattle for grain
- The stock exchange is open for trading.
- The 555 exchange is reserved for use by the phone company, which is why it's often used in films.
- NPA-NXX-1234 is standard format, where NPA is the area code and NXX is the exchange .
- After an exchange with the manager, we were no wiser.
Courts kept busy as Jordan works to crush support for Isis", The Guardian , 27 November 2014:
- “Why bother with the daily grind when you can go to Mosul, get paid $400 a month, get a wife – and live an Islamic way,” went an exchange between two men overheard by a fellow passenger in a taxi. Rumour has it that a woman whose husband died fighting with Isis now receives a generous widow’s pension from jihadi coffers.
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Derived terms
* bet exchange * bill of exchange * exchange rate * foreign exchange * foreign exchange market * ion exchange * ion exchange chromatography * ion exchange resin * key exchange * link exchange * local exchange carrier * means of exchange * medium of exchange * private branch exchange * stock exchange * telephone exchangeEtymology 2
From (etyl) eschaungen, from (etyl) eschaungier, eschanger, from the (etyl) verb eschangier, ).Verb
(exchang)- I'll gladly exchange my place for yours.
- I'd like to exchange this shirt for one in a larger size.
- Since his arrest, the mob boss has exchanged a mansion for a jail cell.
Derived terms
* exchange flesh * exchanger * exchange vowsExternal links
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English
Noun
(en noun)- They were all converts to Islam.
- I never really liked broccoli before, but now that I've tasted it the way you cook it, I'm a convert !
Verb
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Wales 19-26 England, passage=Flood converted to leave Wales with a 23-9 deficit going into the final quarter.}}
Valencia 1-1 Chelsea, passage=But, after the error by Lampard's replacement Kalou, Roberto Soldado converted the penalty.}}