Alternate
Alternate verb - Go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions.
Jump
Jump verb - Go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Collecting Secret Reports reveals that Another Day is an alternate, parallel timeline, one of many that people of higher powers can jump to.
Source: Alternate History / Video Games -
In "The Daedalus Variations", a dimension-travelling Daedalus starship from an alternate universe pops up, and the team is trapped onboard when the ship continues to jump through alternate universes randomly.
Source: Alternate Universe - Sounds like a nice power to have, but later in the game it's revealed that every time they jump to an alternate timeline, their consciousness enters the body of their alternate selves.
Source: Blessed With Suck / Video Games
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