Modify
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To make partial changes to. To be or become modified.
Example sentence: The fact is that all writers create their precursors. Their work modifies our conception of the past, just as it is bound to modify the future.
Qualify
Part of speech: verb
Definition: to describe or characterize something by listing its qualitiesto make someone, or to become competent or eligible for some position or taskto certify or license someone for somethingto modify, limit, restrict or moderate somethingto compete successfully in some stage of a competition and become eligible for the next stage
Example sentence: At the heart of personality is the need to feel a sense of being lovable without having to qualify for that acceptance.