Tamps vs Alter - What's the difference?
tamps | alter |
(tamp)
(blasting) to plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock, in order to prevent the force of the explosion from being misdirected.
To drive in or pack down by frequent gentle strokes; as, to tamp earth so as to make a smooth place.
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 tamps
is (tamp).As an adjective alter is
.tamps
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
* ----tamp
English
Verb
Derived terms
* tamper * tamping iron * tamping rodSee also
* tampon ----alter
English
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)