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Alternating vs Swapping - What's the difference?

alternating | swapping |

As verbs the difference between alternating and swapping

is that alternating is while swapping is .

As an adjective alternating

is that alternates.

As a noun swapping is

the act by which something is swapped; an exchange.

alternating

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • that alternates
  • (mathematics, of a knot) Having a planar diagram whose crossings alternate between "over" and "under" as one travels along the knot.
  • (mathematics, of a series) Having terms that alternate between positive and negative.

    • Derived terms

    * alternating current

    swapping

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is swapped; an exchange.