commutation vs exchange

commutation

noun
  • Specifically, the substitution of one kind of payment for another, especially a switch to monetary payment from obligations of labour. 

  • The reversal of an electric current. 

  • The change to a lesser penalty or punishment by the State 

  • Substitution, as a means of discriminating between phonemes. 

  • The process or habit of journeying to and from work on a regular basis; commuting. 

  • Substitution of one thing for another; interchange. 

exchange

noun
  • The difference between the values of money in different places. 

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

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

  • The loss of a minor piece (typically a bishop or knight) and associated capture of the more advantageous rook. 

  • A telephone exchange. 

  • A conversation. 

  • An act of exchanging or trading. 

  • A place for conducting trading. 

  • The loss of one piece and associated capture of another. 

verb
  • To trade or barter. 

  • To replace with, as a substitute. 

  • To recommend and get recommendations. 

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