What is the difference between exchange and swap?
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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.
An exchange of two comparable things.
(finance) A financial derivative in which two parties agree to exchange one stream of cashflow against another stream.
(obsolete, UK, dialect) A blow; a stroke.
(computing, informal, uncountable) Space available in a swap file for use as auxiliary memory.
To exchange or give (something) in an exchange (for something else).
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(label) To strike, hit.
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*:And soo sir launcelot rode on the one syde and she on the other / he had not ryden but a whyle / but the knyghte badde sir Launcelot torne hym and loke behynde hym // and there wyth was the knyghte and the lady on one syde / & sodenly he swapped of his ladyes hede
(label) To fall or descend; to rush hastily or violently.
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*(Geoffrey Chaucer) (c.1343-1400)
*:All suddenly she swapt adown to ground.
(label) To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap.
Swap is a synonym of exchange.
In obsolete terms the difference between exchange and swap
is that exchange is the thing given or received in return; especially, a publication exchanged for another while swap is to beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap.As nouns the difference between exchange and swap
is that exchange is an act of exchanging or trading while swap is an exchange of two comparable things.As verbs the difference between exchange and swap
is that exchange is to trade or barter while swap is to exchange or give (something) in an exchange (for something else).exchange
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(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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(wikipedia swap)Alternative forms
* swopNoun
(en noun)- (Sir Walter Scott)
- How much swap do you need?