alteration vs detachment

detachment vs alteration

alteration and detachment both are nouns.

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

As nouns, detachment is a hyponym of alteration; that is, detachment 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
detachment: coming apart

Other hyponyms of alteration include acceleration, deceleration, retardation, slowing, avulsion, break, mutation, sublimation, surprise, birth, nascence, nascency, nativity, breakup, 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)	detachment (noun)
the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)	the act of releasing from an attachment or connection
the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)	coming apart
an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another	avoiding emotional involvement
	a small unit of troops of special composition
	the state of being isolated or detached

Difference between alteration and detachment

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