Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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alternate | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
switch | Yes | No | Yes | No |
alternate (noun) | switch (noun) |
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someone who takes the place of another person | the act of changing one thing or position for another |
a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other | |
a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment | |
control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit | |
railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock | |
hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure | |
an event in which one thing is substituted for another |
alternate (adjective) | switch (adjective) |
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of leaves and branches etc; first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along an axis; not paired | |
serving or used in place of another | |
occurring by turns; first one and then the other | |
every second one of a series |
alternate (verb) | switch (verb) |
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do something in turns | reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) |
go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions | make a shift in or exchange of |
reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) | lay aside, abandon, or leave for another |
be an understudy or alternate for a role | change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence |
exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions | cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation |
flog with or as if with a flexible rod | |
exchange or give (something) in exchange for |