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change vs move

move vs change

change and move both are nouns.

change and move both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
change Yes No Yes No
move Yes No Yes No
As nouns, move is a hyponym of change; that is, move is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than change:
  • change: the action of changing something
  • move: the act of changing your residence or place of business
As verbs, move is a hyponym of change; that is, move is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than change:
  • change: undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
  • move: progress by being changed
Other hyponyms of change include freshen, freshen up, refresh, refreshen, dress, get dressed, acquire, develop, get, grow, produce, regenerate, shade, gel, animalise, animalize, brutalise, brutalize, convert, creolize, mutate, experience, have, decrepitate, suburbanise, suburbanize, roll, roll up, glass, glass over, glaze, glaze over, grow, turn, barbarise, barbarize, alkalinise, alkalinize, change by reversal, reverse, turn, change integrity, change form, change shape, deform, form, change state, turn, climb up, jump, rise, assimilate, dissimilate, dissimilate, change magnitude, modify, deaden, break, crumble, decay, dilapidate, mildew, mold, mould, hydrate, dry, dry out, strengthen, distil, distill, deoxidise, deoxidize, reduce, crack, oxidate, oxidise, oxidize, grow, mellow, mellow out, melt, soften, ionise, ionize, stabilise, stabilize, destabilise, destabilize, lighten, lighten up, color, colour, discolor, discolour, discolor, contract, narrow, darken, dim, boil, break, check, crack, transpire, resume, take up, change surface, sublimate, sublime, cool, cool down, cool off, warm up, warm, warm up, metamorphose, transform, transmute, convert, dull, get used to, complexify, ramify, Americanise, Americanize, develop, modernise, modernize, stiffen, tighten, break, break down, conk out, die, fail, give out, give way, go, go bad, give way, yield, harden, indurate, harden, indurate, suffuse, hush, normalise, normalize, reorient, purify, digest, regress, foul, decalcify, industrialise, industrialize, decarboxylate, spot, find, get, incur, obtain, receive, acetylate, acetylise, acetylize, acquire, adopt, assume, take, take on, prim, capacitate, caseate, caseate, clinker, cure, dawn, salinate, desalinate, desalinise, desalinize, desalt, shallow, shoal, steepen, superannuate, ulcerate, vitrify, vulcanise, vulcanize, dull, pall, become flat, die, pall, saponify, go, run, come, catch, catch on, develop, grow, fly, acquire, develop, evolve, assibilate, smoothen, turn on, drop, break into, change, deepen, concretise, concretize, decay, commute, transpose, introject, shift, swing, fall, fall, reflate, hydrolyse, hydrolyze, fold, fold up, gelatinise, gelatinize, felt, felt up, mat, mat up, matt-up, matte, matte up, recombine, feminise, feminize, obsolesce, plasticise, plasticize, recede, defervesce, incandesce, calcify, drift, play out, conjugate, isomerise, isomerize, evaporate, vaporise, indurate, gradate, keratinise, keratinize, opacify, mature, rejuvenate, sequester, transaminate, vesiculate, undulate, vascularise, vascularize, crash, professionalise, professionalize, shift, flip, flip out, gum, repress, shear, damage, synthesize, come around, come round, promote, divide, part, separate, arrange, format, fall for, ascend, move up, rise, change posture, settle, break, cave in, collapse, fall in, founder, give, give way, undergo, solarise, solarize, occult, pass, depart, leave, pull up stakes, liberalise, liberalize, stratify, democratise, democratize, loosen, relax, reticulate, flocculate, carbonate, come in, go out, stagnate, make, frost over, ice over, ice up.
As verbs, move is a hyponym of change; that is, move is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than change:
  • change: become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
  • move: go or proceed from one point to another
As verbs, move is a hypernym of change; that is, move is a word with a broader meaning than change:
  • change: change from one vehicle or transportation line to another
  • move: change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
Other hypernyms of change include go, locomote, travel.
change (noun) move (noun)
the action of changing something the act of deciding to do something
a different or fresh set of clothes the act of changing your residence or place of business
a thing that is different (game) a player's turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game
a difference that is usually pleasant a change of position that does not entail a change of location
an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another the act of changing location from one place to another
the result of alteration or modification
coins of small denomination regarded collectively
the balance of money received when the amount you tender is greater than the amount due
money received in return for its equivalent in a larger denomination or a different currency
a relational difference between states; especially between states before and after some event
change (verb) move (verb)
undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature be in a state of action
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation go or proceed from one point to another
become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence progress by being changed
change clothes; put on different clothes propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting
exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category have a turn; make one's move in a game
lay aside, abandon, or leave for another give an incentive for action
remove or replace the coverings of have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
become deeper in tone arouse sympathy or compassion in
change from one vehicle or transportation line to another move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
give to, and receive from, one another cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
change residence, affiliation, or place of employment
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
dispose of by selling
perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
follow a procedure or take a course
live one's life in a specified environment
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