Swith vs Alternate - What's the difference?
swith | alternate |
(dialectal, or, obsolete) Strong; vehement.
(dialectal, or, obsolete) Quickly, speedily, promptly.
(dialectal, or, obsolete) Strongly; vehemently; very.
Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one and then the other; hence, reciprocal.
(mathematics) Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second.
(US) Other; alternative.
(botany) Distributed, as leaves, singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence.
That which alternates with something else; vicissitude.
* Matthew Prior
(US) A substitute; an alternative; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty.
(mathematics) A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means.
(US) A replacement of equal or greater value or function.
(heraldry) Figures or tinctures that succeed each other by turns.
To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.
* Grew
To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; followed by with .
To vary by turns.
As adjectives the difference between swith and alternate
is that swith is (dialectal|or|obsolete) strong; vehement while alternate is being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one and then the other; hence, reciprocal.As an adverb swith
is (dialectal|or|obsolete) quickly, speedily, promptly.As a noun alternate is
that which alternates with something else; vicissitude.As a verb alternate is
to perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.swith
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . Related to (l).Adjective
(er)Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) . Not cognate to superficially similar (m), as these have distinct PIE roots, though both share *swe- prefix in PIE.Alternative forms
* (l)Adverb
(er)alternate
English
(Webster 1913)Adjective
(-)- And bid alternate passions fall and rise . -
- the alternate members 1, 3, 5, 7, etc.
- Hyperlinked text is displayed in alternate color in a Web browser.
- (Gray)
Noun
(en noun)- Grateful alternates of substantial.
Verb
(alternat)- The most high God, in all things appertaining unto this life, for sundry wise ends alternates the disposition of good and evil.
- The flood and ebb tides alternate with each other.
- ''The land alternates between rocky hills and sandy plains.