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alteration vs deceleration

deceleration vs alteration

alteration and deceleration both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
alteration Yes No No No
deceleration Yes No No No
As nouns, deceleration is a hyponym of alteration; that is, deceleration 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
  • deceleration: a decrease in rate of change
Other hyponyms of alteration include acceleration, retardation, slowing, avulsion, 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) deceleration (noun)
the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification) the act of decelerating; decreasing the speed
the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) a decrease in rate of change
an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another (physics) a rate of decrease in velocity
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