Mutate and Shift

Mutate

Mutate verb - To pass from one form, state, or level to another.
Usage example: colored lights that slowly mutate from green to blue and so on across the color spectrum
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Synonyms for Mutate

Shift and mutate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shift" instead a verb "Mutate".

Nearby Words: mutable, mutation, mutant, mutating

Shift

Shift verb - To pass from one form, state, or level to another.
Usage example: she watched the aurora in fascination as its colors shifted from green to blue

Mutate and shift are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Mutate" instead a verb "Shift".

Common collocations

body mutate body shift body
parts mutate parts shift parts
way mutate way shift way
face mutate face shift face
Other words: world, stats, forms.
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