Alternate vs Alternative: What's the difference?

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Which is correct: Alternate or Alternative

How to spell Alternate?

Alternate
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Alternative
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Alternateverb

be an understudy or alternate for a role

Alternateverb

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

Alternateverb

do something in turns

Alternateadjective

serving or used in place of another

Alternateverb

go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions

Alternateadjective

occurring by turns; first one and then the other

Alternatenoun

someone who takes the place of another person

Alternateadjective

every second one of a series

Alternateverb

exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions

Alternateadjective

of leaves and branches etc; first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along an axis; not paired

Alternativeadjective

serving or used in place of another

Alternativenoun

one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen

Alternativeadjective

necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities

Alternativeadjective

pertaining to unconventional choices

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