Add
Add verb - Bestow a quality on.
Usage example: The music added a lot to the play
Modify
Modify verb - Add a modifier to a constituent.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- The original story is complete as it is, so it's outrageous to add or modify the images and script.
Source: Disowned Adaptation -
Because of trademark/licensing issues, a wrestler who moves to a different company may also have to change/add/modify names, either because the company claims it or because the company wants to give them a new name it can claim later.
Source: I Have Many Names -
And in the Season finale series of season 4, we discover that a character has been able to modify the virus to add Wraith DNA to pure humans.
Source: LEGO Genetics
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