The difference between Quid pro quo and Swap
When used as nouns, quid pro quo means something understood as something else, whereas swap means an exchange of two comparable things.
Swap is also verb with the meaning: to exchange or give (something) in an exchange (for something else).
check bellow for the other definitions of Quid pro quo and Swap
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Quid pro quo as a noun:
Something understood as something else; an equivocation.
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Quid pro quo as a noun (legal):
This for that; giving something to receive something else; something equivalent; something in return. A form of sexual discrimination where a person implicitly or explicitly offers something in exchange for sexual favours.
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Quid pro quo as a noun:
An equal exchange.
Examples:
"We had no money so we had to live by quid pro quo."
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Swap as a verb (transitive):
To exchange or give (something) in an exchange (for something else).
Examples:
"synonyms exchange switch trade"
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Swap as a verb (transitive, obsolete):
To hit, to strike.
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Swap as a verb (transitive, obsolete):
To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap.
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Swap as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):
To descend or fall; to rush hastily or violently.
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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"
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Swap as a noun (finance):
A financial derivative in which two parties agree to exchange one stream of cashflow against another stream.
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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?"
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Swap as a noun (obsolete, UK, dialect):
A blow; a stroke.