The difference between Change and Vary
When used as nouns, change means the process of becoming different, whereas vary means alteration.
When used as verbs, change means to become something different, whereas vary means to change with time or a similar parameter.
check bellow for the other definitions of Change and Vary
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Change as a verb (intransitive):
To become something different.
Examples:
"The tadpole changed into a frog. Stock prices are constantly changing."
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Change as a verb (transitive, ergative):
To make something into something else.
Examples:
"The fairy changed the frog into a prince. I had to change the wording of the ad so it would fit."
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Change as a verb (transitive):
To replace.
Examples:
"Ask the janitor to come and change the lightbulb. After a brisk walk, I washed up and changed my shirt."
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Change as a verb (intransitive):
To replace one's clothing.
Examples:
"You can't go into the dressing room while she's changing. The clowns changed into their costumes before the circus started."
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Change as a verb (transitive):
To replace the clothing of (the one wearing it).
Examples:
"It's your turn to change the baby."
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Change as a verb (intransitive):
To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.)
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Change as a verb (archaic):
To exchange.
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Change as a verb (transitive):
To change hand while riding (a horse).
Examples:
"to change a horse"
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Change as a noun (countable):
The process of becoming different.
Examples:
"The product is undergoing a change in order to improve it."
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Change as a noun (uncountable):
Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
Examples:
"Can I get change for this $100 bill please?"
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Change as a noun (countable):
A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes
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Change as a noun (uncountable):
Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
Examples:
"A customer who pays with a 10-pound note for a £9 item receives one pound in change."
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Change as a noun (uncountable):
Coins (as opposed to paper money).
Examples:
"Do you have any change on you? I need to make a phone call."
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Change as a noun (countable):
A transfer between vehicles.
Examples:
"The train journey from Bristol to Nottingham includes a change at Birmingham."
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Change as a noun (baseball):
A change-up pitch.
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Change as a noun (campanology):
Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
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Change as a noun (dated):
A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
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Change as a noun (Scotland, dated):
A public house; an alehouse.
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Vary as a verb (transitive):
To change with time or a similar parameter.
Examples:
"He varies his magic tricks so as to minimize the possibility that any given audience member will see the same trick twice."
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Vary as a verb (transitive):
To institute a change in, from a current state; to modify.
Examples:
"You should vary your diet. Eating just bread will do you harm in the end."
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Vary as a verb (intransitive):
Not to remain constant: to change with time or a similar parameter.
Examples:
"His mood varies by the hour."
"The sine function varies between −1 and 1."
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Vary as a verb (of the members of a group, intransitive):
To display differences.
Examples:
"The sprouting tendency of potatoes varies between cultivars, years and places of growing."
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Vary as a verb (intransitive):
To be or act different from the usual.
Examples:
"I'm not comfortable with <code>3.Nc3</code> in the Caro-Kann, so I decided to vary and play <code>exd5</code>."
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Vary as a verb (transitive):
To make of different kinds; to make different from one another; to diversity; to variegate.
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Vary as a verb (transitive, music):
To embellish; to change fancifully; to present under new aspects, as of form, key, measure, etc. See .
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Vary as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):
To disagree; to be at variance or in dissension.
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Vary as a noun (obsolete):
alteration; change.
Examples:
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