interaction vs interchange

interchange vs interaction

interaction and interchange both are nouns.

interaction is not a verb while interchange is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
interaction	Yes	No	No	No
interchange	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, interchange is a hyponym of interaction; that is, interchange is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than interaction:

interaction: a mutual or reciprocal action; interacting
interchange: mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information)

Other hyponyms of interaction include interplay, contact, give-and-take, reciprocation.

interaction (noun)	interchange (noun)
a mutual or reciprocal action; interacting	the act of changing one thing for another thing
(physics) the transfer of energy between elementary particles or between an elementary particle and a field or between fields; mediated by gauge bosons	mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information)
	reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries)
	a junction of highways on different levels that permits traffic to move from one to another without crossing traffic streams

interaction (verb)	interchange (verb)
	reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
	cause to change places
	give to, and receive from, one another
	put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items

Difference between interaction and interchange

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