Transform vs. Alter — What's the Difference?

To change markedly the appearance or form of

Change in character or composition, typically in a comparatively small but significant way

To change the nature, function, or condition of; convert

To change or make different; modify

(Mathematics) To subject to a transformation.

To adjust (a garment) for a better fit.

(Electricity) To subject to the action of a transformer.

To castrate or spay (an animal, such as a cat or a dog).

(Genetics) To subject (a cell) to transformation.

To change or become different.

To undergo a transformation.

(transitive) To change the form or structure of.

The result, especially a mathematical quantity or linguistic construction, of a transformation.

(intransitive) To become different.

(transitive) To change greatly the appearance or form of.

(transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.

(transitive) To change the nature, condition or function of; to change in nature, disposition, heart, character, etc.; to convert.

(transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).

To subject to a transformation; to change into another form without altering the value.

(transitive) To affect mentally, as by psychotropic drugs or illness.

To subject to the action of a transformer.

An identity or headmate of a person with dissociative identity disorder (previously known as multiple personality disorder); a member of a system.

To subject (a cell) to transformation.

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

(intransitive) To undergo a transformation; to change in appearance or character.

To agitate; to affect mentally.

(analysis) An operation (often an integration) that converts one function into another.

To geld.

(by extension) A function so produced.

To become, in some respects, different; to vary; to change; as, the weather alters almost daily; rocks or minerals alter by exposure.

A transform fault.

Cause to change; make different; cause a transformation;

To change the form of; to change in shape or appearance; to metamorphose; as, a caterpillar is ultimately transformed into a butterfly.

Make or become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence;

To change into another substance; to transmute; as, the alchemists sought to transform lead into gold.

Make an alteration to;

To change in nature, disposition, heart, character, or the like; to convert.

Insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby

To change, as an algebraic expression or geometrical figure, into another from without altering its value.

Remove the ovaries of;

To be changed in form; to be metamorphosed.

Subject to a mathematical transformation

Change or alter in form, appearance, or nature;

Change in outward structure or looks;

Change from one form or medium into another;

Convert (one form of energy) to another;

Change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related species

Increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage)