what's the difference between SWITCH and EXCHANGE? when do I use each one?
Person A owns a guitar ''a'' and another person B owns a guitar ''b''. In a picture taken from afar, it seems A is using the guitar ''b'' and B seems like he's using the guitar ''a''. So I wanna ask if this is really what happened so which sentence is correct? Or sounds more natural?

''Did they switch the guitars?'' // ''Have they switched the guitars?''
''Did they exchange the guitars?'' // ''Have they exchanged the guitars?''

''Did they borrow each others' guitars?''
''Did they borrow each other's guitars?''

Question

what's the difference between SWITCH and EXCHANGE? when do I use each one?
Person A owns a guitar ''a'' and another person B owns a guitar ''b''. In a picture taken from afar, it seems A is using the guitar ''b'' and B seems like he's using the guitar ''a''. So I wanna ask if this is really what happened so which sentence is correct? Or sounds more natural?

''Did they switch the guitars?'' // ''Have they switched the guitars?''
''Did they exchange the guitars?'' // ''Have they exchanged the guitars?''

''Did they borrow each others' guitars?''
''Did they borrow each other's guitars?''

Answer

In this situation, it would sound normal to ask:
Did they switch guitars? or It looks like they switched guitars in this photo.

It would also be correct to ask:
Did they exchange guitars?  or  It looks like they exchanged guitars in this photo.

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