alteration vs fluctuation

fluctuation vs alteration

alteration and fluctuation both are nouns.

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

As nouns, fluctuation is a hyponym of alteration; that is, fluctuation 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
fluctuation: an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change

Other hyponyms of alteration include acceleration, deceleration, retardation, slowing, avulsion, break, mutation, sublimation, surprise, birth, nascence, nascency, nativity, breakup, detachment, separation, vagary, 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)	fluctuation (noun)
the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)	the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes
the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)	an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change
an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another	a wave motion

Difference between alteration and fluctuation

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