Change
Change verb - To make different in some way.
Flip
Flip verb - Go mad, go crazy.
Usage example: He flipped when he heard that he was being laid off
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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In the original Gamecube/N64 version they'll change clothes by doing a little spin, and in all subsequent games they'll do a flip instead.
Source: Instant Costume Change - The change in the NCR's view of Super Mutants and Ghouls is potentially not a flip flop.
Source: Flip-Flop of God - The change may have been to get a PG instead of a PG-13 rating (which didn't exist at the time they made the original trilogy), but Lucas flip-flops a lot.
Source: Mis-blamed
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Flip and Change. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/change/flip
Change & Flip. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/change/flip>.
Flip or Change. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/change/flip.
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