Switch vs. Convert

Switchnoun

A device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow.

Switchnoun

A change.

Switchnoun

A movable section of railroad track which allows the train to be directed down one of two destination tracks; point.

Switchnoun

A slender woody plant stem used as a whip; a thin, flexible rod, associated with corporal punishment in the United States.

Switchnoun

(computer science) A command line notation allowing specification of optional behavior.

Switchnoun

A programming construct that takes different actions depending on the value of an expression.

Switchnoun

A networking device connecting multiple wires, allowing them to communicate simultaneously, when possible. Compare to the less efficient hub device that solely duplicates network packets to each wire.

Switchnoun

(telecommunication) A system of specialized relays, computer hardware, or other equipment which allows the interconnection of a calling party's telephone line with any called party's line.

Switchnoun

(BDSM) One who is willing to take either a submissive or a dominant role in a sexual relationship.

Switchverb

(transitive) To exchange.

Switchverb

(transitive) To change (something) to the specified state using a switch.

Switchverb

(transitive) To whip or hit with a switch.

Switchverb

(intransitive) To change places, tasks, etc.

Switchverb

To get angry suddenly; to quickly or unreasonably become enraged.

Switchverb

To swing or whisk.

Switchverb

To be swung or whisked.

Switchverb

To trim.

Switchverb

To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by a switch; generally with off, from, etc.

Switchverb

(ecclesiastical) To shift to another circuit.

Switchadjective

(snowboarding) Pertaining to riding with the front and back feet swapped round compared to one's normal position.

Switchadjective

Pertaining to skiing backwards.

Switchnoun

A small, flexible twig or rod.

Switchnoun

A movable part of a rail; or of opposite rails, for transferring cars from one track to another.

Switchnoun

A separate mass or trees of hair, or of some substance (at jute) made to resemble hair, worn on the head by women.

Switchnoun

A device for shifting an electric current to another circuit, or for making and breaking a circuit.

Switchverb

To strike with a switch or small flexible rod; to whip.

Switchverb

To swing or whisk; as, to switch a cane.

Switchverb

To trim, as, a hedge.

Switchverb

To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by a switch; - generally with off, from, etc.; as, to switch off a train; to switch a car from one track to another.

Switchverb

To shift to another circuit.

Switchverb

To walk with a jerk.

Switchnoun

control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit

Switchnoun

an event in which one thing is substituted for another;

Switchnoun

hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure

Switchnoun

railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock

Switchnoun

a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment

Switchnoun

a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other

Switchnoun

the act of changing one thing or position for another;

Switchverb

change over, change around, or switch over

Switchverb

exchange or give (something) in exchange for

Switchverb

lay aside, abandon, or leave for another;

Switchverb

make a shift in or exchange of;

Switchverb

cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation;

Switchverb

flog with or as if with a flexible rod

Switchverb

reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)

Switchnoun

a device for making and breaking the connection in an electric circuit

Switchnoun

a program variable which activates or deactivates a certain function of a program.

Switchnoun

a device which forwards data packets to an appropriate part of the network.

Switchnoun

an act of changing to or adopting one thing in place of another

Switchnoun

a slender, flexible shoot cut from a tree.

Switchnoun

a set of points on a railway track.

Switchnoun

a tress of false or detached hair tied at one end, used in hairdressing to supplement natural hair.

Switchverb

change the position, direction, or focus of

Switchverb

adopt (something different) in place of something else; change

Switchverb

substitute (two items) for each other; exchange

Switchverb

beat or flick with or as if with a switch.

Switch

In electrical engineering, a switch is an electrical component that can disconnect or connect the conducting path in an electrical circuit, interrupting the electric current or diverting it from one conductor to another. The most common type of switch is an electromechanical device consisting of one or more sets of movable electrical contacts connected to external circuits.

Convertverb

(transitive) To transform or change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product.

Convertverb

(transitive) To change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another.

Convertverb

(transitive) To induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, ideology or belief see also sense 11.

Convertverb

(transitive) To exchange for something of equal value.

Convertverb

(transitive) To express (a quantity) in alternative units.

Convertverb

(transitive) To express (a unit of measurement) in terms of another; to furnish a mathematical formula by which a quantity, expressed in the former unit, may be given in the latter.

Convertverb

To appropriate wrongfully or unlawfully; to commit the common law tort of conversion.

Convertverb

To score extra points after (a try) by completing a conversion.

Convertverb

To score (especially a penalty kick).

Convertverb

To score a spare.

Convertverb

(intransitive) To undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief see also sense 3.

Convertverb

(intransitive) To become converted.

Convertverb

To cause to turn; to turn.

Convertverb

To change (one proposition) into another, so that what was the subject of the first becomes the predicate of the second.

Convertverb

To turn into another language; to translate.

Convertverb

To increase one's individual score, especially from 50 runs (a fifty) to 100 runs (a century), or from a century to a double or triple century.

Convertverb

To perform the action that an online advertisement is intended to induce; to reach the point of conversion.

Convertnoun

A person who has converted to a religion.

Convertnoun

A person who is now in favour of something that he or she previously opposed or disliked.

Convertnoun

(Canadian football) The equivalent of a conversion in rugby

Convertverb

To cause to turn; to turn.

Convertverb

To change or turn from one state or condition to another; to alter in form, substance, or quality; to transform; to transmute; as, to convert water into ice.

Convertverb

To change or turn from one belief or course to another, as from one religion to another or from one party or sect to another.

Convertverb

To produce the spiritual change called conversion in (any one); to turn from a bad life to a good one; to change the heart and moral character of (any one) from the controlling power of sin to that of holiness.

Convertverb

To apply to any use by a diversion from the proper or intended use; to appropriate dishonestly or illegally.

Convertverb

To exchange for some specified equivalent; as, to convert goods into money.

Convertverb

To change (one proposition) into another, so that what was the subject of the first becomes the predicate of the second.

Convertverb

To turn into another language; to translate.

Convertverb

To be turned or changed in character or direction; to undergo a change, physically or morally.

Convertnoun

A person who is converted from one opinion or practice to another; a person who is won over to, or heartily embraces, a creed, religious system, or party, in which he has not previously believed; especially, one who turns from the controlling power of sin to that of holiness, or from unbelief to Christianity.

Convertnoun

A lay friar or brother, permitted to enter a monastery for the service of the house, but without orders, and not allowed to sing in the choir.

Convertnoun

a person who has been converted to another religious or political belief

Convertverb

change the nature, purpose, or function of something;

Convertverb

change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy;

Convertverb

change religious beliefs, or adopt a religious belief;

Convertverb

exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category;

Convertverb

cause to adopt a new or different faith;

Convertverb

score an extra point or points after touchdown by kicking the ball through the uprights or advancing the ball into the endzone;

Convertverb

complete successfully;

Convertverb

score (a spare)

Convertverb

make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something;

Convertverb

exchange a penalty for a less severe one

Convertverb

change in nature, purpose, or function; especially undergo a chemical change;