Alternate and Mutual

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Alternate adjective - Occurring by turns; first one and then the other.

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Mutual and alternate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mutual" instead an adjective "Alternate".

Mutual adjective - Used or done by a number of people as a group.

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Alternate and mutual are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Alternate" instead an adjective "Mutual".

Nearby Words: mutually, mutuality, mutualism

The protagonist ends up permanently switching places with his alternate, to their mutual happiness.

Source: Series / The Twilight Zone (1985)
Amazonia from an alternate timeline later reveals that this was mutual - she clung to the hopes that she'd get back together with Crusader, and she was intensely jealous to see him with a cute little blonde.

Source: Webcomic / Love and Capes
Mutual Kill: It's implied that the final conflict between the Alternate Universe versions of Richard Jeperson and Swellhead ended in one of these.

Source: Literature / Swellhead

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