This article describes various contextual meanings of the word change. For an in-depth examination of change as the quality of impermanence and flux, see the main article: Change.

Change in various contexts:

• Coinage
• In change ringing, a change is the particular sequence in which one rings a series of bells
• In jazz, a change may refer to tonal modulation; a change in harmony

In some contexts, change refers to a substitution:

• In public transport, to change buses or to change trains (referring either to locomotives or some other form of rapid transit) means to disembark from one vehicle and embark on another.
• A different set of clothing. In certain contexts of Modern English, to change means to replace the clothes one is wearing with different—fresher, alternate, or more appropriate—clothing.

In other contexts, change is a proper noun:

• Change is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire département in France

CHANGE is also an acronym for Communities Helping All Neighbors Gain Empowerment, a civic organization based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

See also

• Chang'e
• Identity and change
• Social change