Update vs. Alter
Difference Between Update and Alter
Update➦
To alter so as to be up to date
update a textbook.
update the files.
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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
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Update➦
To inform (someone) with the latest information.
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Alter➦
To change or make different; modify
altered my will.
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Update➦
Information that updates something or someone.
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Alter➦
To adjust (a garment) for a better fit.
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Update➦
The act or an instance of bringing something or someone up to date.
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Alter➦
To castrate or spay (an animal, such as a cat or a dog).
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Update➦
An updated version of something.
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Alter➦
To change or become different.
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Update➦
An advisement providing more up-to-date information than currently known.
He gave me an update on the situation in New York.
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Alter➦
(transitive) To change the form or structure of.
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Update➦
A change in information, a modification of existing or known data.
I just made an update to the Wikipedia article on guerillas.
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Alter➦
(intransitive) To become different.
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Update➦
An additional piece of information. An addition to existing information.
I just made an update to my blog about my trip to Rome.
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Alter➦
(transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
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Update➦
A modification of something to a more recent, up-to-date version; (in software) a minor upgrade.
Our database receives an update every morning at 3 AM.
I have a couple of updates to install on your laptop.
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Alter➦
(transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
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Update➦
A version of something which is newer than other versions.
You should try the update: it rocks.
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Alter➦
(transitive) To affect mentally, as by psychotropic drugs or illness.
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Update➦
(transitive) To bring (a thing) up to date.
I need to update my records to take account of the most recent transaction.
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Alter➦
An identity or headmate of a person with dissociative identity disorder (previously known as multiple personality disorder); a member of a system.
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Update➦
(transitive) To bring (a person) up to date: to inform (a person) about recent developments.
Update me on what happened while I was away.
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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.
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Update➦
news that updates your information
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Alter➦
To agitate; to affect mentally.
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Update➦
modernize or bring up to date;
We updated the kitchen in the old house
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Alter➦
To geld.
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Update➦
bring up to date; supply with recent information
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Alter➦
To become, in some respects, different; to vary; to change; as, the weather alters almost daily; rocks or minerals alter by exposure.
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Update➦
bring to the latest state of technology
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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
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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
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Alter➦
make an alteration to;
This dress needs to be altered
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Alter➦
insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
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Alter➦
remove the ovaries of;
Is your cat spayed?
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