The difference between Alternate and Other
When used as nouns, alternate means that which alternates with something else, whereas other means an other one, more often rendered as another.
When used as verbs, alternate means to perform by turns, or in succession, whereas other means to regard, label or treat as an "other", as not part of the same group.
When used as adjectives, alternate means being or succeeding by turns, whereas other means see other (determiner) below.
Other is also determiner with the meaning: not the one or ones previously referred to.
Other is also adverb with the meaning: apart from.
check bellow for the other definitions of Alternate and Other
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Alternate as an adjective:
Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one and then the other; hence, reciprocal.
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Alternate as an adjective (mathematics):
Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second.
Examples:
"the alternate members 1, 3, 5, 7, etc."
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Alternate as an adjective (US):
Other; alternative.
Examples:
"Hyperlinked text is displayed in alternate color in a Web browser."
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Alternate as an adjective (botany):
Distributed, as leaves, singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence.
Examples:
"rfquotek Gray"
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Alternate as a noun:
That which alternates with something else; vicissitude.
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Alternate as a noun (US):
A substitute; an alternative; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty.
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Alternate as a noun (mathematics):
A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means.
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Alternate as a noun (US):
A replacement of equal or greater value or function.
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Alternate as a noun (heraldry):
Figures or tinctures that succeed each other by turns.
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Alternate as a verb (transitive):
To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.
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Alternate as a verb (intransitive):
To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; followed by with.
Examples:
"The flood and ebb tides alternate with each other."
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Alternate as a verb (intransitive):
To vary by turns.
Examples:
"The land alternates between rocky hills and sandy plains."
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Alternate as a verb (transitive, geometry):
To perform an alternation (removal of alternate vertices) on (a polytope or tessellation); to remove vertices (from a face or edge) as part of an alternation.
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Other as an adjective:
See other (determiner) below
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Other as an adjective:
second.
Examples:
"I get paid every other week."
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Other as an adjective:
Alien.
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Other as an adjective:
Different.
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Other as an adjective (obsolete):
Left, as opposed to right.
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Other as a noun:
An other one, more often rendered as another.
Examples:
"I'm afraid little Robbie does not always play well with others."
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Other as a noun:
The other one; the second of two.
Examples:
"One boat is not better than the other."
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Other as an adverb:
Apart from; in the phrase "other than".
Examples:
"Other than that, I'm fine."
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Other as an adverb (obsolete):
Otherwise.
Examples:
"It shall none other be.'' — Chaucer."
"If you think other.'' — Shakespeare."
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Other as a verb (transitive):
To regard, label or treat as an "other", as not part of the same group; to view as different and alien.
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Other as a verb (transitive):
To treat as different or separate; segregate; ostracise.