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alter vs turn

turn vs alter

alter is not a noun while turn is a noun.

alter and turn both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
alter No No Yes No
turn Yes No Yes No
As verbs, turn is a hyponym of alter; that is, turn is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than alter:
  • alter: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
  • turn: cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics
Other hyponyms of alter include arouse, awaken, rouse, wake, wake up, waken, cause to sleep, affect, freshen, refresh, refreshen, fecundate, fertilise, fertilize, inseminate, indispose, cry, etiolate, shade, animalise, animalize, brutalise, brutalize, convert, opalise, opalize, arterialise, arterialize, get, make, counterchange, interchange, transpose, vascularise, vascularize, decrepitate, suburbanise, suburbanize, overturn, revolutionise, revolutionize, etiolate, barbarise, barbarize, alkalinise, alkalinize, mythicise, mythicize, mythologise, mythologize, allegorise, allegorize, demythologise, demythologize, bring, land, coarsen, affect, bear on, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on, alchemise, alchemize, alcoholise, alcoholize, form, shape, round, round down, round off, round out, suspend, sober, reconstruct, increase, ease off, ease up, let up, assimilate, dissimilate, commute, convert, exchange, vitalise, vitalize, clear, unclutter, activate, activate, activate, aerate, activate, deactivate, inactivate, blunt, deaden, reconstruct, redo, remodel, edit, redact, cut, edit, edit out, chasten, subdue, tame, chasten, temper, ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate, worsen, wet, dry, dry out, lubricate, beef up, fortify, strengthen, fortify, lace, spike, weaken, blunt, oxidate, oxidise, oxidize, merge, unify, unite, age, mature, ripen, antiquate, antique, antiquate, develop, make grow, soften, damage, ossify, acerbate, stabilise, stabilize, destabilise, destabilize, sensibilise, sensibilize, sensify, sensitise, sensitize, desensitise, desensitize, accustom, habituate, disarray, disorder, discolor, color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize, stain, hue, uglify, untune, adjust, correct, set, set, disqualify, indispose, unfit, domesticate, domesticise, domesticize, reclaim, tame, widen, dehydrogenate, hydrogenate, oxygenise, oxygenize, darken, brighten, lighten, lighten up, blear, blur, bedim, obscure, overcloud, blot out, hide, obliterate, obscure, veil, cook, slenderise, slenderize, crack, dismiss, dissolve, end, terminate, defog, demist, concentrate, condense, contract, chill, cool, cool down, heat, heat up, warm, boil, freeze, blister, change over, shift, switch, transpose, change over, convert, transform, transform, transform, transmute, transform, transmute, transubstantiate, ash, transform, translate, reclaim, rectify, reform, regenerate, convert, Islamise, Islamize, invert, reverse, turn back, invert, customise, customize, individualise, individualize, personalise, personalize, depersonalise, depersonalize, objectify, sharpen, drop, flatten, disintegrate, magnetise, magnetize, degauss, demagnetise, demagnetize, simplify, complicate, elaborate, rarify, refine, refine, complicate, perplex, pressurise, pressurize, supercharge, centralise, centralize, concentrate, decentralise, decentralize, deconcentrate, socialise, socialize, fix, gear up, prepare, ready, set, set up, internationalise, internationalize, bolshevise, bolshevize, communise, communize, Europeanise, Europeanize, Europeanise, Europeanize, bestialise, bestialize, Americanise, Americanize, Frenchify, civilise, civilize, nationalise, nationalize, denationalise, denationalize, naturalise, naturalize, denaturalise, denaturalize, naturalise, naturalize, denaturalise, denaturalize, even, even out, equal, equalise, equalize, equate, match, stiffen, loose, loosen, fasten, tighten, transitivise, transitivize, detransitivise, detransitivize, intransitivise, intransitivize, inspissate, thicken, full, diversify, decelerate, slow down, deaden, accelerate, speed, speed up, check, delay, retard, decrease, lessen, minify, liquefy, liquidise, liquidize, liquify, solvate, dissolve, validate, invalidate, vitiate, void, empty, fill, fill up, make full, saturate, clot, coagulate, louden, normalise, normalize, renormalise, renormalize, morph, neutralise, neutralize, commercialise, commercialize, market, purge, purify, sanctify, mechanise, mechanize, automate, automatise, automatize, automatise, automatize, mechanise, mechanize, chord, harmonise, harmonize, polarise, polarize, glorify, contaminate, devalue, insulate, calcify, urbanise, urbanize, urbanise, urbanize, emulsify, demulsify, decarboxylate, nazify, fecundate, fertilise, fertilize, clarify, embrittle, mark, nick, disable, disenable, incapacitate, enable, de-emphasise, de-emphasize, destress, tender, tenderise, tenderize, charge, bubble, sweeten, iodinate, ionate, archaise, archaize, inform, officialise, officialize, occidentalise, occidentalize, westernise, westernize, orientalise, orientalize, acetylate, acetylise, acetylize, achromatise, achromatize, collimate, parallel, camp, classicise, classicize, conventionalise, conventionalize, decimalise, decimalize, dizzy, envenom, poison, exteriorise, exteriorize, externalise, externalize, objectify, glamorise, glamorize, glamourise, glamourize, introvert, laicise, laicize, politicise, politicize, radicalize, proof, romanticise, romanticize, rusticate, sauce, shallow, shoal, tense, steepen, scramble, unscramble, unsex, vitrify, pall, saponify, expand, extend, set aside, suspend, muddy, transform, elevate, lift, raise, harshen, dinge, demonise, demonize, devilise, devilize, diabolise, diabolize, etherealize, etherialise, immaterialise, immaterialize, unsubstantialise, unsubstantialize, animate, animise, animize, clear, dynamise, dynamize, dynamise, dynamize, rarefy, sublimate, subtilize, volatilise, volatilize, uniformise, uniformize, symmetrise, symmetrize, eternalise, eternalize, eternise, eternize, immortalise, immortalize, denature, denature, denature, sanitise, sanitize, verbify, shift, sputter, draw, make, dope, prostrate, excite, energise, energize, excite, shake, outmode, spice, spice up, shorten, think, make, deflate, inflate, digitalise, digitalize, digitise, digitize, gelatinise, gelatinize, recombine, effeminise, effeminize, feminise, feminize, womanize, masculinise, masculinize, virilise, virilize, masculinize, disharmonize, dissonate, sexualise, sexualize, schematise, schematize, patent, constitutionalise, constitutionalize, rationalise, rationalize, plasticise, plasticize, rarefy, paganise, paganize, incandesce, deaminate, deaminize, angulate, circularize, sensitise, sensitize, sensitise, sensitize, depolarise, depolarize, intensify, isomerise, isomerize, legitimate, evaporate, vaporise, industrialise, industrialize, opacify, opsonize, militarise, militarize, nationalise, nationalize, recommend, sentimentalise, sentimentalize, solemnise, solemnize, territorialise, territorialize, transaminate, glorify, spiritualize, transfigure, unsanctify, vesiculate, visualise, visualize, variegate, ventilate, vivify, vulgarise, vulgarize, supple, professionalise, professionalize, smut, still, weaponize, eroticize, sex up, piggyback, port, lifehack, cloud, blur, confuse, obnubilate, obscure, moderate, tame, tone down, obfuscate, synchronise, synchronize, mince, moderate, soften, militarise, militarize, break down, crush, fat, fatten, fatten out, fatten up, fill out, flesh out, plump, plump out, disturb, touch, dull, blunt, dull, sharpen, coarsen, loosen, loosen, undo, untie, barb, string, straighten, straighten out, bring, amalgamate, commix, mingle, mix, unify, charge, put, clean, make clean, begrime, bemire, colly, dirty, grime, soil, depress, lower, deform, break, break up, alter, adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament, humanise, humanize, humble, alienate, disaffect, estrange, right, desensitise, desensitize, deodorise, deodorize, deodourise, develop, blur, blind, change intensity, change taste, exchange, interchange, replace, substitute, capture, add, bestow, bring, contribute, impart, lend, reestablish, reinstate, restore, liberalise, liberalize, compensate, correct, redress, right, democratise, democratize, neutralize, corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate, loosen, relax, unify, unite, flocculate, cohere, commit.
alter (noun) turn (noun)
the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
the act of turning away or in the opposite direction
taking a short walk out and back
a favor for someone
(game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
turning or twisting around (in place)
a short performance that is part of a longer program
a movement in a new direction
an unforeseen development
a circular segment of a curve
(sports) a division of a game during which one team is on the offensive
a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
alter (verb) turn (verb)
remove the ovaries of twist suddenly so as to sprain
become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence change to the contrary
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation go sour or spoil
insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
make an alteration to undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
change color
become officially one year older
have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to
direct at someone
shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel
let (something) fall or spill from a container
alter the functioning or setting of
cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
to break and turn over earth especially with a plow
to change orientation or direction
cause to move around a center so as to show another side of
cause to move around or rotate
pass to the other side of
move around an axis or a center
to send or let go
cause to move along an axis or into a new direction
channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something
get by buying and selling
accomplish by rotating
undergo a change or development
cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics
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