Alter and Update

Alter

Alter verb - To make different in some way.

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

Nearby Words: alteration, altering, alterable

Update verb - To adapt to modern needs, taste, or usage.

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Alter and update are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Alter" instead a verb "Update".

Nearby Words: updated, updating

appearance	alter appearance	update appearance
plot	alter plot	update plot
setting	alter setting	update setting
way	alter way	update way
Other words: design, characters, game, story, aspects.

There's also the fact that Paradox seldom bothers to update the tutorials to reflect their endless expansion packs, most of which alter gameplay more than enough to make the tutorials useless.

Source: Tutorial Failure
Prior to the Season 11 update, the emperor was James O'Brien, son of "Smiley" O'Brien, who attempted to alter the Bajoran Wormhole to initiate a full-scale invasion of the Prime universe.

Source: Mirror Universe
Wild ARMs: Alter Code F was a PS2 update of the original Wild ARMs, complete with 3D graphics, extra scenes, more playable characters, a battle system more in-line with the most recent series entry at the time (3), extra sidequests, the whole shebang...but a remarkably similar-quality translation.

Source: Video Game Remake

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