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change vs swing

swing vs change

change and swing both are nouns.

change and swing both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
change Yes No Yes No
swing Yes No Yes No
As verbs, swing is a hyponym of change; that is, swing 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
  • swing: alternate dramatically between high and low values
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, move, 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, 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.
change (noun) swing (noun)
the action of changing something changing location by moving back and forth
a different or fresh set of clothes in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
a thing that is different the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it
a difference that is usually pleasant a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them
an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another a sweeping blow or stroke
the result of alteration or modification mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth
coins of small denomination regarded collectively a jaunty rhythm in music
the balance of money received when the amount you tender is greater than the amount due a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
money received in return for its equivalent in a larger denomination or a different currency a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity
a relational difference between states; especially between states before and after some event
change (verb) swing (verb)
undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature alternate dramatically between high and low values
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement
become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence make a big sweeping gesture or movement
change clothes; put on different clothes engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends
exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm
lay aside, abandon, or leave for another move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner
remove or replace the coverings of move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting
become deeper in tone change direction with a swinging motion; turn
change from one vehicle or transportation line to another be a social swinger; socialize a lot
give to, and receive from, one another influence decisively
hang loosely
live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style
have a certain musical rhythm
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