Alter and Exchange

Alter

Alter verb - To make different in some way.

Usage example: can't you alter your plans just slightly so we can leave 10 minutes earlier?

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Exchange and alter are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Exchange" instead a verb "Alter".

Nearby Words: alteration, altering, alterable

Exchange verb - Put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items.

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Alter and exchange are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Alter" instead a verb "Exchange".

He let the doctors at Wolfram and Hart alter his mind and when it started to fail, he let it be made permenant in exchange for his signing a document to let an 'antiquity' into the country.

Source: Irony
Feruchemists from the same series have a similarly broad array of powers, because of their ability to alter their own bodies' processes through Equivalent Exchange.

Source: Combo Platter Powers
Hostage for MacGuffin: In a nice twist, it's the heroes who arrange the trade, demanding Kat in exchange for Lilith and Mundus' unborn child (admittedly after Mundus captured Kat and demanded Dante in exchange; the twins just decided to alter terms).

Source: Video Game / DmC: Devil May Cry