Exchange
Exchange verb - To give up (something) and take something else in return.
Keep
Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.
How words are described
| full | full exchange | full keep |
| typical | typical exchange | typical keep |
| usual | usual exchange | usual keep |
| short | short exchange | short keep |
| Other adjectives: complete, single, small, actual, massive, great, major, dramatic. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- He agrees to keep quiet in exchange for not being convicted of his wife's murder.
- It is implied that Tetra got a lot of those after it was revealed that her real name is Princess Zelda, but in the game itself it only happens in one short exchange, where she told Niko to keep calling her "Tetra" instead of the other name.
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The second is when he suggests Riddick kill Jack and drag her behind to put the creatures off them — he offers to keep the others off Riddick's back in exchange.
Source: Moral Event Horizon / Film
Cite this Source
Keep and Exchange. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/exchange/keep
Exchange & Keep. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/exchange/keep>.
Keep or Exchange. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/exchange/keep.
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