Fluctuate vs Alter - What's the difference?
fluctuate | alter |
To vary irregularly; to swing.
To undulate.
To cause to vary irregularly.
To change the form or structure of.
* Bible, Psalms lxxxix. 34
* Shakespeare
* Alexander Pope
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.
As a verb fluctuate
is to vary irregularly; to swing.As an adjective alter is
.fluctuate
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Verb
(en-verb)alter
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Alternative forms
* altre (obsolete)Verb
(en verb)- My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
- No power in Venice can alter a decree.
- It gilds all objects, but it alters none.
- (Milton)