alteration vs harm

harm vs alteration

alteration and harm both are nouns.

alteration is not a verb while harm is a verb.

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

As nouns, harm is a hyponym of alteration; that is, harm 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
harm: the occurrence of a change for the worse

Other hyponyms of alteration include acceleration, deceleration, 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, impairment, development, revolution, chromosomal mutation, genetic mutation, mutation, sex change, loss of consciousness.

alteration (noun)	harm (noun)
the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)	the act of damaging something or someone
the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)	the occurrence of a change for the worse
an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another	any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury

alteration (verb)	harm (verb)
	cause or do harm to

Difference between alteration and harm

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