Modify and Sub

Modify

Modify verb - To limit the meaning of (as a noun).

Sub and modify are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sub" instead a verb "Modify".

Sub

Sub verb - To serve as a replacement usually for a time only.
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Synonyms for Sub

Modify and sub are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Modify" instead a verb "Sub".

Both words in one sentence

  • If It Swims, It Flies In Harry Harrison's novel The Daleth Effect, the main characters use the titular effect to modify a mini-sub to fly to the Moon in 4 hours.
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Sub and Modify. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/modify/sub
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