alteration vs adaptation

adaptation vs alteration

alteration and adaptation both are nouns.

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

As nouns, adaptation is a hyponym of alteration; that is, adaptation is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than alteration:

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

Other hyponyms of alteration include laxation, loosening, tightening, accommodation, tune.

alteration (noun)	adaptation (noun)
the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)	(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
an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another	the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)

Difference between alteration and adaptation

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