Change and Update

Change

Change verb - To make different in some way.

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

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

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

Nearby Words: updated, updating

style	change style	update style
image	change image	update image
position	change position	update position
name	change name	update name
Other words: look, appearance, class, setting, way, design, game, story.

Bride and Prejudice did this with the characters due to the Setting Update and change of location to India.

Source: Adaptation Name Change
Evolving Credits: The ending credits update and change some details depending on the episode.

Source: Anime / Psycho-Pass
The 32-colour update changed the close-ups to the blond of the cover, a change which carried over from Curse onwards.

Source: Adaptation Dye-Job aka: Adaptational Dye Job

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Update and Change. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/change/update

Change & Update. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/change/update>.

Update or Change. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/change/update.

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