Seven letter words change one or two letter to make a new word

[Blue_Blistering_Barnacle]

captain

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

captive

[Thin_Ice]

private

[Elendil_s_Heir]

privies

[panache45]

privets

[Annie-Xmas]

veterns

[Thin_Ice]

Have no idea what veterns is, maybe a typo, but playing off privets:

primate

[panache45]

@Annie-Xmas

veterns

Ex-military sea birds?

[Annie-Xmas]

Ooops!

matters

[Thin_Ice]

spatter

[Annie-Xmas]

tatters

[Brooky]

shattered

[Brooky]

hatters
shattered oops wrong thread

[Thin_Ice]

platter

[Brooky]

plotter

[Thin_Ice]

replete

[Elendil_s_Heir]

deplete

[Thin_Ice]

planted

[Brooky]

slanted

[Thin_Ice]

stunted