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animate vs alter

alter vs animate

animate is an adjective but alter is not an adjective.

animate and alter both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
animate No Yes Yes No
alter No No Yes No
As verbs, alter is a hypernym of animate; that is, alter is a word with a broader meaning than animate:
  • animate: give lifelike qualities to
  • alter: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
Other hypernyms of animate include change, modify.
animate (adjective) alter (adjective)
endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life
belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings
endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness
animate (verb) alter (verb)
give new life or energy to remove the ovaries of
make lively become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
give lifelike qualities to cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
heighten or intensify insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
make an alteration to
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