Amend vs. Modify

Amendverb

(transitive) To make better.

Modifyverb

(transitive) To make partial changes to.

Amendverb

(intransitive) To become better.

Modifyverb

(intransitive) To be or become modified.

Amendverb

To heal (someone sick); to cure (a disease etc.).

Modifyverb

To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to change a part of something while leaving most parts unchanged; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms of a contract.

Amendverb

To be healed, to be cured, to recover (from an illness).

Modifyverb

To limit or reduce in extent or degree; to moderate; to qualify; to lower.

‘Of his graceHe modifies his first severe decree.’;

Amendverb

(transitive) To make a formal alteration (in legislation, a report, etc.) by adding, deleting, or rephrasing.

Modifyverb

make less severe or harsh or extreme;

‘please modify this letter to make it more polite’; ‘he modified his views on same-gender marriage’;

Amendverb

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.’;

Modifyverb

add a modifier to a constituent

Amendverb

To grow better by rectifying something wrong in manners or morals; to improve.

Modifyverb

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’;

Amendverb

make amendments to;

‘amend the document’;

Modifyverb

make partial or minor changes to (something)

‘she may be prepared to modify her views’;

Amendverb

to make better;

‘The editor improved the manuscript with his changes’;

Modifyverb

transform (a structure) from its original anatomical form during development or evolution

‘the traps of insectivorous plants are modified leaves’;

Amendverb

set straight or right;

‘remedy these deficiencies’; ‘rectify the inequities in salaries’; ‘repair an oversight’;

Modifyverb

(especially of an adjective) restrict or add to the sense of (a noun)

‘the target noun is modified by a ‘direction’ word’;

Amendverb

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’;

Modifyverb

pronounce (a speech sound) differently from the norm for that sound.

Amendverb

improve the texture or fertility of (soil)

‘amend your soil with peat moss or compost’;

Amendverb

put right

‘a few things had gone wrong, but these had been amended’;