The difference between Swap and Swap in
When used as verbs, swap means to exchange or give (something) in an exchange (for something else), whereas swap in means to exchange (someone or something) for another of the same kind.
Swap is also noun with the meaning: an exchange of two comparable things.
check bellow for the other definitions of Swap and Swap in
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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.
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Swap in as a verb:
To exchange (someone or something) for another of the same kind.
Examples:
"Jerry was slowing down, so I swapped in Tom."
"Jerry was slowing down, so I swapped Tom in."
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Swap in as a verb (transitive, computing):
To retrieve (memory contents) from a swap file.