Alter and Cut

Alter

Alter verb - To make different in some way.

Cut and alter are semantically related in reduce topic. In some cases you can use "Cut" instead a verb "Alter".

Nearby Words: alteration, altering, alterable

Cut

Cut verb - Cut and assemble the components of.
Usage example: cut recording tape

Alter and cut are semantically related in reduce topic. Sometimes you can use "Alter" instead a verb "Cut".

Nearby Words: cutting, cutter, cutout

Common collocations

people alter people cut people
body alter body cut body
line alter line cut line
way alter way cut way
Other words: face, bit.

Both words in one sentence

  • Tabletop Game / Maid RPG Pragmatic Adaptation: The translator had to alter or cut several things due to being too creepy when translated directly, or simply too obscurely or weirdly Japanese.
  • Film / Much Ado About Nothing (2012) Lampshade Hanging: Rather than cut or alter Claudio's controversial "I'll hold my mind, were she an Ethiope" line when accepting his 'mystery bride' at the second wedding, Whedon instead has a black female guest standing right behind him who visibly glares at this point.
  • Cut-and-Paste Translation: Will rearrange the order of episodes, paste two (or more) episodes as one, and radically alter some plots instead of just abridging them.
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