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alteration vs lessening

lessening vs alteration

alteration and lessening both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
alteration Yes No No No
lessening Yes No No No
As nouns, lessening is a hyponym of alteration; that is, lessening 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
  • lessening: a change downward
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, 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) lessening (noun)
the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification) a change downward
the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
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