change

/ˈchānj/

Middle English, from Anglo-French changer, from Latin cambiare to exchange, probably of Celtic origin; akin to Old Irish camm crooked

verb

  1. to make different in some particular : alter

  2. to make radically different : transform

  3. to give a different position, course, or direction to

never bothered to change the will

can't change human nature

change alter vary modify mean to make or become different. change implies making either an essential difference often amounting to a loss of original identity or a substitution of one thing for another. alter implies a difference in some particular respect without suggesting loss of identity.

noun

  1. the act, process, or result of changing: such as

  2. alteration

  3. transformation

a change in the weather

verb

  1. to alternate with another at doing an act

  2. to alternate between two different acts or instruments or between an action and a rest period