Distinguish between altar and alter.??????

Question

Altar and Alter .??

Answer 1

An altar is in a church.  alter with an "e" means to change something.

Answer 2

Altar: noun. religious structure where ceremonies are conducted; also a place (usually a table) where deceased ancestors are commemorated and offered goods from the real world.

Alter: verb. to change something from its original state.

Answer 3

An altar is any structure upon which sacrifices or other offerings are made for religious purposes, or some other sacred place where ceremonies take place.

Alter - to make different in some particular, as size, style, course, or the like; modify: to alter a coat; to alter a will; to alter course.  

or to castrate or spay.  

Answer 4

Altar is the object, like the table in the front of a church.  Alter is a verb meaning to change.

Answer 5

Altar= religious table.

Alter=change in some way.

Answer 6

the spelling is different.