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modify vs set

set vs modify

modify is not a noun while set is a noun.

modify is not an adjective while set is an adjective.

modify and set both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
modify No No Yes No
set Yes Yes Yes No
As verbs, set is a hyponym of modify; that is, set is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than modify:
  • modify: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
  • set: alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
Other hyponyms of modify include arouse, awaken, rouse, wake, wake up, waken, cause to sleep, affect, freshen, refresh, refreshen, fecundate, fertilise, fertilize, inseminate, indispose, cry, etiolate, shade, animalise, animalize, brutalise, brutalize, convert, opalise, opalize, arterialise, arterialize, get, make, counterchange, interchange, transpose, vascularise, vascularize, decrepitate, suburbanise, suburbanize, overturn, revolutionise, revolutionize, etiolate, barbarise, barbarize, alkalinise, alkalinize, mythicise, mythicize, mythologise, mythologize, allegorise, allegorize, demythologise, demythologize, bring, land, coarsen, affect, bear on, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on, alchemise, alchemize, alcoholise, alcoholize, form, shape, round, round down, round off, round out, suspend, sober, reconstruct, increase, ease off, ease up, let up, assimilate, dissimilate, commute, convert, exchange, vitalise, vitalize, clear, unclutter, activate, activate, activate, aerate, activate, deactivate, inactivate, blunt, deaden, reconstruct, redo, remodel, edit, redact, cut, edit, edit out, chasten, subdue, tame, chasten, temper, ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate, worsen, wet, dry, dry out, lubricate, beef up, fortify, strengthen, fortify, lace, spike, weaken, blunt, oxidate, oxidise, oxidize, merge, unify, unite, age, mature, ripen, antiquate, antique, antiquate, develop, make grow, soften, damage, ossify, acerbate, stabilise, stabilize, destabilise, destabilize, sensibilise, sensibilize, sensify, sensitise, sensitize, desensitise, desensitize, accustom, habituate, disarray, disorder, discolor, color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize, stain, hue, uglify, untune, adjust, correct, disqualify, indispose, unfit, domesticate, domesticise, domesticize, reclaim, tame, widen, dehydrogenate, hydrogenate, oxygenise, oxygenize, darken, brighten, lighten, lighten up, blear, blur, bedim, obscure, overcloud, blot out, hide, obliterate, obscure, veil, cook, slenderise, slenderize, crack, dismiss, dissolve, end, terminate, defog, demist, concentrate, condense, contract, chill, cool, cool down, heat, heat up, warm, boil, freeze, blister, change over, shift, switch, transpose, change over, convert, transform, transform, transform, transmute, transform, transmute, transubstantiate, ash, transform, translate, reclaim, rectify, reform, regenerate, convert, Islamise, Islamize, invert, reverse, turn back, invert, customise, customize, individualise, individualize, personalise, personalize, depersonalise, depersonalize, objectify, sharpen, drop, flatten, disintegrate, magnetise, magnetize, degauss, demagnetise, demagnetize, simplify, complicate, elaborate, rarify, refine, refine, complicate, perplex, pressurise, pressurize, supercharge, centralise, centralize, concentrate, decentralise, decentralize, deconcentrate, socialise, socialize, fix, gear up, prepare, ready, set up, internationalise, internationalize, bolshevise, bolshevize, communise, communize, Europeanise, Europeanize, Europeanise, Europeanize, bestialise, bestialize, Americanise, Americanize, Frenchify, civilise, civilize, nationalise, nationalize, denationalise, denationalize, naturalise, naturalize, denaturalise, denaturalize, naturalise, naturalize, denaturalise, denaturalize, even, even out, equal, equalise, equalize, equate, match, stiffen, loose, loosen, fasten, tighten, transitivise, transitivize, detransitivise, detransitivize, intransitivise, intransitivize, inspissate, thicken, full, diversify, decelerate, slow down, deaden, accelerate, speed, speed up, check, delay, retard, decrease, lessen, minify, liquefy, liquidise, liquidize, liquify, solvate, dissolve, validate, invalidate, vitiate, void, empty, fill, fill up, make full, saturate, clot, coagulate, louden, normalise, normalize, renormalise, renormalize, morph, neutralise, neutralize, commercialise, commercialize, market, purge, purify, sanctify, mechanise, mechanize, automate, automatise, automatize, automatise, automatize, mechanise, mechanize, chord, harmonise, harmonize, polarise, polarize, glorify, contaminate, devalue, insulate, calcify, urbanise, urbanize, urbanise, urbanize, emulsify, demulsify, decarboxylate, nazify, fecundate, fertilise, fertilize, clarify, embrittle, mark, nick, disable, disenable, incapacitate, enable, de-emphasise, de-emphasize, destress, tender, tenderise, tenderize, charge, bubble, sweeten, iodinate, ionate, archaise, archaize, inform, officialise, officialize, occidentalise, occidentalize, westernise, westernize, orientalise, orientalize, acetylate, acetylise, acetylize, achromatise, achromatize, collimate, parallel, camp, classicise, classicize, conventionalise, conventionalize, decimalise, decimalize, dizzy, envenom, poison, exteriorise, exteriorize, externalise, externalize, objectify, glamorise, glamorize, glamourise, glamourize, introvert, laicise, laicize, politicise, politicize, radicalize, proof, romanticise, romanticize, rusticate, sauce, shallow, shoal, tense, steepen, scramble, unscramble, unsex, vitrify, pall, saponify, expand, extend, set aside, suspend, muddy, transform, elevate, lift, raise, harshen, dinge, demonise, demonize, devilise, devilize, diabolise, diabolize, etherealize, etherialise, immaterialise, immaterialize, unsubstantialise, unsubstantialize, animate, animise, animize, clear, dynamise, dynamize, dynamise, dynamize, rarefy, sublimate, subtilize, volatilise, volatilize, uniformise, uniformize, symmetrise, symmetrize, eternalise, eternalize, eternise, eternize, immortalise, immortalize, denature, denature, denature, sanitise, sanitize, verbify, shift, sputter, draw, make, dope, prostrate, excite, energise, energize, excite, shake, outmode, spice, spice up, shorten, think, make, deflate, inflate, digitalise, digitalize, digitise, digitize, gelatinise, gelatinize, recombine, effeminise, effeminize, feminise, feminize, womanize, masculinise, masculinize, virilise, virilize, masculinize, disharmonize, dissonate, sexualise, sexualize, schematise, schematize, patent, constitutionalise, constitutionalize, rationalise, rationalize, plasticise, plasticize, rarefy, paganise, paganize, incandesce, deaminate, deaminize, angulate, circularize, sensitise, sensitize, sensitise, sensitize, depolarise, depolarize, intensify, isomerise, isomerize, legitimate, evaporate, vaporise, industrialise, industrialize, opacify, opsonize, militarise, militarize, nationalise, nationalize, recommend, sentimentalise, sentimentalize, solemnise, solemnize, territorialise, territorialize, transaminate, glorify, spiritualize, transfigure, unsanctify, vesiculate, visualise, visualize, variegate, ventilate, vivify, vulgarise, vulgarize, supple, professionalise, professionalize, smut, still, weaponize, eroticize, sex up, piggyback, port, lifehack, cloud, blur, confuse, obnubilate, obscure, moderate, tame, tone down, obfuscate, synchronise, synchronize, mince, moderate, soften, militarise, militarize, break down, crush, fat, fatten, fatten out, fatten up, fill out, flesh out, plump, plump out, disturb, touch, dull, blunt, dull, sharpen, coarsen, loosen, loosen, undo, untie, barb, string, straighten, straighten out, bring, amalgamate, commix, mingle, mix, unify, charge, put, clean, make clean, begrime, bemire, colly, dirty, grime, soil, depress, lower, deform, break, break up, alter, adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament, humanise, humanize, humble, alienate, disaffect, estrange, right, desensitise, desensitize, deodorise, deodorize, deodourise, develop, blur, blind, change intensity, change taste, exchange, interchange, replace, substitute, capture, add, bestow, bring, contribute, impart, lend, reestablish, reinstate, restore, liberalise, liberalize, compensate, correct, redress, right, democratise, democratize, neutralize, corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate, loosen, relax, unify, unite, flocculate, turn, cohere, commit.
modify (noun) set (noun)
several exercises intended to be done in series
the act of putting something in position
representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production
any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals
(psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way
a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
the descent of a heavenly body below the horizon
a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
an unofficial association of people or groups
(mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols
the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization
a unit of play in tennis or squash
modify (adjective) set (adjective)
set down according to a plan
being below the horizon
converted to solid form (as concrete)
fixed and unmoving
(usually followed by `to' or `for') on the point of or strongly disposed
situated in a particular spot or position
determined or decided upon as by an authority
modify (verb) set (verb)
make less severe or harsh or extreme arrange attractively
add a modifier to a constituent produce fruit
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state
set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly
equip with sails or masts
become gelatinous
make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
get ready for a particular purpose or event
fix conclusively or authoritatively
estimate
decide upon or fix definitely
establish as the highest level or best performance
urge to attack someone
put into a certain place or abstract location
fix in a border
give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor
insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink)
put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground
put into a position that will restore a normal state
adapt for performance in a different way
locate
set in type
apply or start
disappear beyond the horizon
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