adaptation vs modification

modification vs adaptation

adaptation and modification both are nouns.

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

As nouns, modification is a hypernym of adaptation; that is, modification 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)
modification: the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)

Other hypernyms of adaptation include adjustment, alteration.

adaptation (noun)	modification (noun)
(physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)	the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form	slightly modified copy; not an exact copy
the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)	an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
	the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase

Difference between adaptation and modification

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