Interchange vs. Switch — What's the Difference?

(of two or more people) exchange (things) with each other

In electrical engineering, a switch is an electrical component that can disconnect or connect the conducting path in an electrical circuit, interrupting the electric current or diverting it from one conductor to another. The most common type of switch is an electromechanical device consisting of one or more sets of movable electrical contacts connected to external circuits.

The action of interchanging people or things

A device for making and breaking the connection in an electric circuit

Alternation

An act of changing to or adopting one thing in place of another

A road junction designed on several levels so that traffic streams do not intersect

A slender, flexible shoot cut from a tree.

A station where passengers may change from one railway line, bus service, etc. to another

A set of points on a railway track.

To switch each of (two things) into the place of the other.

A tress of false or detached hair tied at one end, used in hairdressing to supplement natural hair.

To give and receive mutually; exchange.

Change the position, direction, or focus of

To cause to succeed each other in a series or pattern; alternate

Beat or flick with or as if with a switch.

To change places with each other.

An exchange or a swap, especially one done secretly.

To succeed each other; alternate.

A transference or shift, as of opinion or attention.

The act or process of interchanging.

A device used to break or open an electric circuit or to divert current from one conductor to another.

A highway intersection that employs ramps and overpasses or underpasses to permit traffic to move freely from one road to another without crossing another line of traffic.

A device consisting of two sections of railroad track and accompanying apparatus used to transfer rolling stock from one track to another.

(transitive) to switch (each of two things)

A slender flexible rod, stick, or twig, especially one used for whipping.

(transitive) to mutually give and receive (something); to exchange

The bushy tip of the tail of certain animals

(intransitive) to swap or change places

A thick strand of real or synthetic hair used as part of a coiffure.

(transitive) to alternate; to intermingle or vary

A flailing or lashing, as with a slender rod

(transport) To act as or carry out an interchange (noun, senses 2, 3).

To exchange

An act of interchanging.

To shift, transfer, or divert

A highway junction in which traffic may change from one road to another without crossing a stream of traffic.

To connect, disconnect, or divert (an electric current) by operating a switch.

(rail transport) A connection between two or more lines, services or modes of transport; a station at which such a connection can be made.

To cause (an electric current or appliance) to begin or cease operation

To put each in the place of the other; to give and take mutually; to exchange; to reciprocate; as, to interchange places; they interchanged friendly offices and services.

(Informal) To produce as if by operating a control. Often used with on

To cause to follow alternately; to intermingle; to vary; as, to interchange cares with pleasures.

To move (rolling stock) from one track to another; shunt.

To make an interchange; to alternate.

To whip with a switch, especially in punishing a child.

The act of mutually changing; the act of mutually giving and receiving; exchange; as, the interchange of civilities between two persons.

To jerk or swish abruptly or sharply

The mutual exchange of commodities between two persons or countries; barter; commerce.

To make or undergo a shift or an exchange

Alternate succession; alternation; a mingling.

To swish sharply from side to side.

An intersection between highways, having two or more levels and a series of connecting roadways so that traffic on one highway may pass over or under the other highway without crossing through the line of traffic, and vehicles may pass from one highway to the other while traffic on both highways continues uninterrupted. A common interchange is the cloverleaf.

A device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow.

A junction of highways on different levels that permits traffic to move from one to another without crossing traffic streams

A change or exchange.

Mutual interaction; the activity of interchanging or reciprocating

A movable section of railroad track which allows the train to be directed down one of two destination tracks; (set of) points.

Reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money especially the currencies of different countries;

A slender woody plant stem used as a whip; a thin, flexible rod, associated with corporal punishment in the United States.

Give to, and receive from, one another;

(musical instruments) rute.

Cause to change places;

(computer science) A command line notation allowing specification of optional behavior.

Reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)

A programming construct that takes different actions depending on the value of an expression.

A networking device connecting multiple wires, allowing them to communicate simultaneously, when possible. Compare to the less efficient hub device that solely duplicates network packets to each wire.

(telecommunication) A system of specialized relays, computer hardware, or other equipment which allows the interconnection of a calling party's telephone line with any called party's line.

(genetics) A mechanism within DNA that activates or deactivates a gene.

(BDSM) One who is willing to take either a submissive or a dominant role in a sexual relationship.

(historical) A separate mass or tress of hair, or of some substance (such as jute) made to resemble hair, formerly worn on the head by women.

(card games) A variant of crazy eights where one card, such as an ace, reverses the direction of play.

(transitive) To exchange.

(transitive) To change (something) to the specified state using a switch.

To whip or hit with a switch.

(intransitive) To change places, tasks, etc.

To get angry suddenly; to quickly or unreasonably become enraged.

To swing or whisk.

To be swung or whisked.

To trim.

To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by a switch; generally with off, from, etc.

(ecclesiastical) To shift to another circuit.

(snowboarding) Pertaining to riding with the front and back feet swapped round compared to one's normal position.

Pertaining to skiing backwards.

A small, flexible twig or rod.

A movable part of a rail; or of opposite rails, for transferring cars from one track to another.

A separate mass or trees of hair, or of some substance (at jute) made to resemble hair, worn on the head by women.

A device for shifting an electric current to another circuit, or for making and breaking a circuit.

To strike with a switch or small flexible rod; to whip.

To swing or whisk; as, to switch a cane.

To trim, as, a hedge.

To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by a switch; - generally with off, from, etc.; as, to switch off a train; to switch a car from one track to another.

To shift to another circuit.

To walk with a jerk.

Control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit

An event in which one thing is substituted for another;

Hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure

Railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock

A flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment

A basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other

The act of changing one thing or position for another;

Change over, change around, or switch over

Exchange or give (something) in exchange for

Lay aside, abandon, or leave for another;

Make a shift in or exchange of;

Cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation;

Flog with or as if with a flexible rod

Reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)