Substitute vs Renew - What's the difference?
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To use in place of something else, with the same function.
In the phrase "substitute X for Y", to use X in place of Y. With increasing frequency used in the semantically opposite sense (see
In the phrase "substitute X with/by Y", to use Y in place of X; to replace X with Y
(sports) To remove (a player) from the field of play and bring on another in his place.
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To serve as a replacement (for someone or something)
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A replacement or stand-in for something that achieves a similar result or purpose.
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(sports) A player who is available to replace another if the need arises, and who may or may not actually do so.
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(historical) One who enlists for military service in the place of a conscript.
(lb) To make (something) new again; to restore to freshness or original condition.
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*:In such a night / Medea gather’d the enchanted herbs / That did renew old AEson.
(lb) To replace (something which has broken etc.); to replenish (something which has been exhausted), to keep up a required supply of.
(lb) To make new spiritually; to regenerate.
*1526 , (William Tyndale), , Romans 12.2:
*:And fassion not youre selves lyke vnto this worlde: But be ye chaunged in youre shape by the renuynge of youre wittes that ye maye fele what thynge that good yt acceptable and perfaycte will of god is.
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*:to such as are in fear they strike a great impression, renew many times, and recal such chimeras and terrible fictions into their minds.
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(lb) To begin again; to recommence.
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*:Then gan he all this storie to renew , / And tell the course of his captivitie.
*1660 , (John Dryden), translating Virgil, (apparently from Eclogue 4''), a snippet of translation used to introduce Dryden's ''
*:The last great age, foretold by sacred rhymes, / Renews its finished course ; Saturnian times / Roll round again.
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*:“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron;. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache.
(lb) To repeat.
*1674 , (John Milton), :
*:The birds their notes renew , and bleating herds / Attest their joy, that hill and valley rings.
To extend a period of loan, especially a library book that is due to be returned.
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As verbs the difference between substitute and renew
is that substitute is to use in place of something else, with the same function while renew is (lb) to make (something) new again; to restore to freshness or original condition.As a noun substitute
is a replacement or stand-in for something that achieves a similar result or purpose.substitute
English
Verb
(substitut)- I had no shallots so I substituted onion.
the OED's notes).
- I had to substitute new parts for the old ones.
- I had to substitute old parts with the new ones. (This usage was formerly proscribed.)
- He was playing poorly and was substituted after twenty minutes
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- Accumulation of wealth by this route may substitute for personal saving.
Usage notes
The verb "to substitute" can be used transitively in two opposite ways. "To substitute X" may mean either "use X in place of something else" (as in definitions 1 and 2), or "use something else in place of X" (as in definitions 3 and 4). The latter use is more recent, but it is widespread and now generally accepted (seethe COED's note on the matter). However, if the indirect object (the "something else") is omitted, the preposition is also omitted, and the reader or hearer cannot tell which sense is meant: * "Substitute butter for olive oil" = Use butter instead of olive oil * "Substitute olive oil for butter" = Use olive oil instead of butter * "Substitute butter" = ??? * "Substitute olive oil" = ???
Noun
(en noun)- Ladies [in Shakespeare's age] wore masks as the sole substitute known to our ancestors for the modern parasol.
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Synonyms
* See alsorenew
English
Verb
(en verb)II.2.6.ii:
- Renewing neighborhoods dealing with vacant buildings badly need options other than demolition or dangerous vacant spaces.
Astræa Redux: A poem on the happy restoration and return of His Sacred Majesty Charles II
