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smut vs alter

alter vs smut

smut is a noun but alter is not a noun.

smut and alter both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
smut Yes No Yes No
alter No No Yes No
As verbs, alter is a hypernym of smut; that is, alter is a word with a broader meaning than smut:
  • smut: make obscene
  • alter: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
Other hypernyms of smut include change, modify.
smut (noun) alter (noun)
creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire
an offensive or indecent word or phrase
any fungus of the order Ustilaginales
destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores
a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
smut (verb) alter (verb)
affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn remove the ovaries of
stain with a dirty substance, such as soot become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
become affected with smut cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
make obscene insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
make an alteration to
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