adaptation vs alteration

alteration vs adaptation

adaptation and alteration both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
adaptation	Yes	No	No	No
alteration	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, alteration is a hypernym of adaptation; that is, alteration is a word with a broader meaning than adaptation:

adaptation: (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)
alteration: the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)

Other hypernyms of adaptation include adjustment, modification.

adaptation (noun)	alteration (noun)
(physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)	the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)
a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form	the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)	an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another

Difference between adaptation and alteration

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