The difference between Exchange and Swap

When used as nouns, exchange means an act of exchanging or trading, whereas swap means an exchange of two comparable things.

When used as verbs, exchange means to trade or barter, whereas swap means to exchange or give (something) in an exchange (for something else).

check bellow for the other definitions of Exchange and Swap

  1. Exchange as a noun:

    An act of exchanging or trading.

    Examples:

    "All in all, it was an even exchange."

    "an exchange of cattle for grain"

  2. Exchange as a noun:

    A place for conducting trading.

    Examples:

    "The stock exchange is open for trading."

  3. Exchange as a noun:

    A telephone exchange.

  4. Exchange as a noun (telephony, US):

    The fourth through sixth digits of a ten-digit phone number (the first three before the introduction of area codes).

    Examples:

    "The 555 exchange is reserved for use by the phone company, which is why it's often used in films."

    "NPA-NXX-1234 is standard format, where NPA is the area code and NXX is the exchange."

  5. Exchange as a noun:

    A conversation.

    Examples:

    "After an exchange with the manager, we were no wiser."

  6. Exchange as a noun (chess):

    The loss of one piece and associated capture of another The loss of a relatively minor piece (typically a bishop or knight) and associated capture of the more advantageous rook

  7. Exchange as a noun (obsolete):

    The thing given or received in return; especially, a publication exchanged for another.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Shakespeare"

  8. Exchange as a noun (biochemistry):

    The transfer of substances or elements like gas, amino-acids, ions etc. sometimes through a surface like a membrane.

  9. Exchange as a noun (finance):

    The difference between the values of money in different places.

  1. Exchange as a verb (transitive):

    To trade or barter.

    Examples:

    "I'll gladly exchange my place for yours."

  2. Exchange as a verb (transitive):

    To replace with, as a substitute.

    Examples:

    "I'd like to exchange this shirt for one in a larger size."

    "Since his arrest, the mob boss has exchanged a mansion for a jail cell."

  1. Swap as a verb (transitive):

    To exchange or give (something) in an exchange (for something else).

    Examples:

    "synonyms exchange switch trade"

  2. Swap as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To hit, to strike.

  3. Swap as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap.

  4. Swap as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):

    To descend or fall; to rush hastily or violently.

  1. Swap as a noun:

    An exchange of two comparable things.

    Examples:

    "quote-book lang=1819 w Sir Walter Scott w Tales of My Landlord section=The Bride of Lammermoor passage=I e’en changed it, as occasion served, with the skippers o’ Dutch luggers and French vessels, for gin and brandy... a gude swap too, between what cheereth the soul of man and that which dingeth it clean out of his body"

  2. Swap as a noun (finance):

    A financial derivative in which two parties agree to exchange one stream of cashflow against another stream.

  3. Swap as a noun (computing, informal, uncountable):

    Space available in a swap file for use as auxiliary memory.

    Examples:

    "How much swap do you need?"

  1. Swap as a noun (obsolete, UK, dialect):

    A blow; a stroke.

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