alteration vs avulsion

avulsion vs alteration

alteration and avulsion both are nouns.

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

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

alteration: an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
avulsion: an abrupt change in the course of a stream that forms the boundary between two parcels of land resulting in the loss of part of the land of one landowner and a consequent increase in the land of another

Other hyponyms of alteration include acceleration, deceleration, retardation, slowing, break, mutation, sublimation, surprise, birth, nascence, nascency, nativity, breakup, detachment, separation, vagary, fluctuation, variation, conversion, death, decease, expiry, decrease, drop-off, lessening, destabilization, increase, easing, moderation, relief, deformation, transition, shift, transformation, transmutation, scintillation, sparkling, twinkle, play, shimmer, transmutation, damage, harm, impairment, development, revolution, chromosomal mutation, genetic mutation, mutation, sex change, loss of consciousness.

alteration (noun)	avulsion (noun)
the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)	a forcible tearing or surgical separation of one body part from another
the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)	an abrupt change in the course of a stream that forms the boundary between two parcels of land resulting in the loss of part of the land of one landowner and a consequent increase in the land of another
an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another

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