The difference between Swap and Swap out
When used as verbs, swap means to exchange or give (something) in an exchange (for something else), whereas swap out means to transfer (memory contents) into a swap file.
Swap is also noun with the meaning: an exchange of two comparable things.
check bellow for the other definitions of Swap and Swap out
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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 out as a verb (transitive, computing):
To transfer (memory contents) into a swap file.
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Swap out as a verb (transitive, or, intransitive):
To exchange (something or someone) for an unused (or less-used) equivalent.
Examples:
"Those men are tired, let's swap that unit out."
"I can't keep going, is it okay if I swap out?"
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Swap out as a verb (transitive):
To exchange (something) for (something else). (usually followed by with or for)
Examples:
"I'll swap out the dead battery for a new one."