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Change vs. Switch
Change
/tʃeɪn(d)ʒ/Examples:
His voice changed as he gave Winston a hard look.I try changing the subject.'Yes?' 'The dream changes...
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Switch
/swɪtʃ/Examples:
Goldberg rapidly flipped the switches in front of him.Now he switched to a Geiger counter and called in Irene.She reached for the switch and turned it on.
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This word has no antonymsWays to tell them apart:
- Change is more general and can refer to altering the form, nature, or future course of something.
- Switch implies substituting one thing for another, like flipping a switch or swapping entities.
- When you change, you modify the state; when you switch, you replace one option with another.
- Think of change as transforming and switch as trading one for another.
- Switch often suggests a back-and-forth or interchangeability scenario.
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