alteration vs conversion

conversion vs alteration

alteration and conversion both are nouns.

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

As nouns, conversion is a hyponym of alteration; that is, conversion 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
conversion: a change of religion

Other hyponyms of alteration include acceleration, deceleration, retardation, slowing, avulsion, break, mutation, sublimation, surprise, birth, nascence, nascency, nativity, breakup, detachment, separation, vagary, fluctuation, variation, 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)	conversion (noun)
the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)	the act of changing from one use or function or purpose to another
the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)	a spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life
an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another	a successful free throw or try for point after a touchdown
	act of exchanging one type of money or security for another
	a change in the units or form of an expression:
	interchange of subject and predicate of a proposition
	an event that results in a transformation
	a change of religion
	(psychiatry) a defense mechanism represses emotional conflicts which are then converted into physical symptoms that have no organic basis

Difference between alteration and conversion

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