The act of making different, or of varying in some particular; an altering or partial change; also the change made, or the loss or acquisition of qualities not essential to the form or nature of a thing. Thus a cold substance suffers an alteration when it becomes hot.
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1. The act of altering or making different.
2. The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; changed condition.
Difference Roget’s Thesaurus §15
N. difference, variance, variation, variety, diversity, dissimilarity, disagreement, disparity, distinction, contradistinction, alteration, modification, permutation, moods and tenses, nice distinction, fine distinction, delicate distinction, subtle distinction, shade of difference, nuance, discrimination, differentia, different thing, something else, apple off another tree, another pair of shoes, horse of a different color, this that or the other
V. be different, differ, vary, ablude|, mismatch, contrast, divaricate, differ toto coelo, differ longo intervallo, vary, modify, discriminate
Adj. differing, different, diverse, heterogeneous, multifarious, polyglot, distinguishable, dissimilar, varied, modified, diversified, various, divers, all manner of, all kinds of, variform, daedal, other, another, not the same, unequal, unmatched, widely apart, poles apart, distinctive, characteristic, discriminative, distinguishing, incommensurable, incommensurate
Adv. differently
Phr. il y a fagots et fagots, 2, continuous relation
Variation Roget’s Thesaurus §20a
N. variation, alteration, modification, moods and tenses, discrepance, discrepancy, divergency, deviation, aberration, innovation
Adj. varied, modified, diversified
Change Roget’s Thesaurus §140
N. change, alteration, mutation, permutation, variation, modification, modulation, inflexion, mood, qualification, innovation, metastasis, deviation, turn, evolution, revolution, diversion, break, transformation, transfiguration, metamorphosis, transmutation, deoxidization, transubstantiation, mutagenesis, transanimation, transmigration, metempsychosis|, avatar, alterative, conversion, revolution inversion, displacement, transference, changeableness, tergiversation
V. change, alter, vary, wax and wane, modulate, diversify, qualify, tamper with, turn, shift, veer, tack, chop, shuffle, swerve, warp, deviate, turn aside, evert, intervert, pass to, take a turn, turn the corner, resume, work a change, modify, vamp, superinduce, transform, transfigure, transmute, transmogrify, transume, metamorphose, ring the changes, innovate, introduce new blood, shuffle the cards, give a turn to, give a color to, influence, turn the scale, shift the scene, turn over a new leaf, recast, reverse, disturb, convert into
Adv. mutatis mutandis
Int. quantum mutatus, phr, "a change came o'er the spirit of my dream", nous avons change tout cela, tempora mutantur nos et mutamur in illis, non sum qualis eram, casaque tourner, corpora lente augescent cito extinguuntur, in statu quo ante bellum, "still ending and beginning still", vox audita perit littera scripta manet
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1 KJV and 0 BSB verses contain “Alteration”
The beginning, ending, and midst of the times: the alterations of the turning of the sun, and the change of seasons: