Change and Stay

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Change

Change verb - Undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.
Usage example: She changed completely as she grew older
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Antonyms for Change
Stay is an antonym for change in topics: shift, substitute, make or become different.
Nearby Words: changeable, changed, changing, changeful, changeless

Stay

Stay verb - Stay the same; remain in a certain state.
Usage example: stay alone
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Antonyms for Stay
Change is an antonym for stay.
Nearby Words: stayed, staying
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How words are described

nice nice change nice stay
original original change original stay
true true change true stay
bad bad change bad stay
Other adjectives: quick, main, refreshing, permanent, temporary, last.

Common collocations

character change character stay character
position change position stay position
course change course stay course
time change time stay time
Other words: way, size, world, game, hands, times.

Both words in one sentence

  • Music / Hemispheres Gratuitous French: "Circumstances" contains the line "Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose", which is French for "The more things change, the more they stay the same".
    Source: Music / Hemispheres
  • The chorus of Rush's "Circumstances" has the line "Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose" followed by the English translation, "The more that things change, the more they stay the same."
    Source: Gratuitous French
  • At one point in the book this trope is played straight, as a doctor discusses another MtF sex change (that he didn't perform) where the man's wife decided she was a lesbian so he had a sex change to stay with her, only to be then dumped because the wife decided she wasn't a lesbian after all.
    Source: Easy Sex Change
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