c. 1480, the Latin root 'mutare', to change completely/often/unrecognizable Gives us many words about or concerning changes of various kinds; commute, mutate, mutation, mutable, etc.
alter
A prefix is the letters used to make a different word or sound on a root or base word such as fixed, with a prefix it can become unfixed meaning not fixed or broken
Alter- meaning to change or make different. :)
change, alter, morph, transpose...
A different meaning for the word inconspicuous is unnoticeable or discreet.
The word is infected.
The literary journal published her article. The literary meaning of character is different from the computer meaning of the term.
A homograph is a word that is spelled the same as another word but has a different meaning and may have different pronunciation. A homonym is a word that sounds the same as another word but has a different meaning. A homophone is a word that sounds the same as another word but is spelled differently and has a different meaning.
different is a different meaning.
a homophone
UFO
It makes something better. (from ameliorate, a formal word meaning to make or become better, or to improve (e.g. to improve a situation)