Alter and Replace

Alter

Alter verb - To make different in some way.

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

Nearby Words: alteration, altering, alterable

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

Usage example: the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt

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Alter and replace are semantically related in put in place of topic. Sometimes you can use "Alter" instead a verb "Replace".

The Iron Man armor could alter voices and made it so that Rhodey could replace Tony Stark as Iron Man without anyone really noticing the difference.

Source: Full-Body Disguise
This may alter, replace or add to original powers.

Source: Comicbook / X-Men
Edmund fires one of his alter egos, Priory (as himself) begs her not to, on the grounds that he would "be very hard to replace." Would Hurt a Child: Bundage at first comes off as a flustered, barely-competent hustler who needs a street urchin to run his cons for him.

Source: Film / Candleshoe