Alter vs. Amend — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Alter and Amend
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Alter
Change in character or composition, typically in a comparatively small but significant way
Our outward appearance alters as we get older
Eliot was persuaded to alter the passage
Amend
Make minor changes to (a text, piece of legislation, etc.) in order to make it fairer or more accurate, or to reflect changing circumstances
The rule was amended to apply only to non-members
Alter
To change or make different; modify
Altered my will.
Amend
Improve the texture or fertility of (soil)
Amend your soil with peat moss or compost
Alter
To adjust (a garment) for a better fit.
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Amend
To change for the better; improve
"The confinement appeared to have had very little effect in amending his conduct" (Horatio Alger).
Alter
To castrate or spay (an animal, such as a cat or a dog).
Amend
To alter the wording of (a legal document, for example) so as to make more suitable or acceptable.
Alter
To change or become different.
Amend
To enrich (soil), especially by mixing in organic matter or sand.
Alter
(transitive) To change the form or structure of.
Amend
To better one's conduct; reform.
Alter
(intransitive) To become different.
Amend
(transitive) To make better; improve.
Alter
(transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
Amend
(intransitive) To become better.
Alter
(transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
Amend
To heal (someone sick); to cure (a disease etc.).
Alter
(transitive) To affect mentally, as by psychotropic drugs or illness.
Amend
To be healed, to be cured, to recover (from an illness).
Alter
An identity or headmate of a person with dissociative identity disorder (previously known as multiple personality disorder); a member of a system.
Amend
(transitive) To make a formal alteration (in legislation, a report, etc.) by adding, deleting, or rephrasing.
Alter
To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.
It gilds all objects, but it alters none.
My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
Amend
An act of righting a wrong; compensation.
Alter
To agitate; to affect mentally.
Amend
Clip of amendment
I've sent over a new version of the doc with some amends.
Alter
To geld.
Amend
To change or modify in any way for the better
Mar not the thing that can not be amended.
An instant emergency, granting no possibility for revision, or opening for amended thought.
We shall cheer her sorrows, and amend her blood, by wedding her to a Norman.
Alter
To become, in some respects, different; to vary; to change; as, the weather alters almost daily; rocks or minerals alter by exposure.
Amend
To grow better by rectifying something wrong in manners or morals; to improve.
Alter
Cause to change; make different; cause a transformation;
The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city
The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue
Amend
Make amendments to;
Amend the document
Alter
Make or become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence;
Her mood changes in accordance with the weather
The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season
Amend
To make better;
The editor improved the manuscript with his changes
Alter
Make an alteration to;
This dress needs to be altered
Amend
Set straight or right;
Remedy these deficiencies
Rectify the inequities in salaries
Repair an oversight
Alter
Insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
Alter
Remove the ovaries of;
Is your cat spayed?
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