Transpose vs Interchange - What's the Difference?

Interchange

Transpose

Definitions

Definition as Noun
  • a junction of highways on different levels that permits traffic to move from one to another without crossing traffic streams
  • the act of changing one thing for another thing
  • reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries)
  • mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information)
Definition as Noun
  • a matrix formed by interchanging the rows and columns of a given matrix
Definition as Verb
  • cause to change places
  • give to, and receive from, one another
  • put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
  • reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
Definition as Verb
  • transfer a quantity from one side of an equation to the other side reversing its sign, in order to maintain equality
  • put (a piece of music) into another key
  • change key
  • exchange positions without a change in value
  • cause to change places
  • change the order or arrangement of
  • transfer from one place or period to another

Examples

  • "Adam was promised immortality in exchange for his disobedience"; "there was an interchange of prisoners"
  • "he earns his living from the interchange of currency"
  • "interchange this screw for one of a smaller size"
  • "Would you change places with me?"; "We have been exchanging letters for a year"
  • "the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt"; "substitute regular milk for fat-free milk"; "synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning"
  • "Can you transpose this fugue into G major?"
  • "These operators commute with each other"
  • "interchange this screw for one of a smaller size"
  • "Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word"
  • "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America"

Parts of Speech

Noun, Verb
Noun, Verb