change vs sway

change

verb
  • To change hand while riding (a horse). 

  • To replace one's clothing. 

  • To replace the clothing of (the one wearing it). 

  • To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.) 

  • To become something different. 

  • To make something into something else. 

  • To replace. 

noun
  • The process of becoming different. 

  • A change-up pitch. 

  • An amount of cash, usually in the form of coins, but sometimes inclusive of paper money. 

  • Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination. 

  • Balance of money returned from the sum paid after deducting the price of a purchase. 

  • A transfer between vehicles. 

  • Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale. 

  • A replacement. 

sway

verb
  • To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield. 

  • To influence or direct by power, authority, persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide. Compare persuade. 

  • To bear sway; to rule; to govern. 

  • To hoist (a mast or yard) into position. 

  • To be drawn to one side by weight or influence; to lean; to incline. 

  • To have weight or influence. 

  • To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; warp. 

  • To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock. 

noun
  • The act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon. 

  • Preponderance; turn or cast of balance. 

  • Rule; dominion; control; power. 

  • A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work. 

  • The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's lateral motion. 

  • A rocking or swinging motion. 

  • Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side 

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