alteration vs metamorphosis

alteration and metamorphosis both are nouns.

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

As nouns, metamorphosis is a hyponym of alteration; that is, metamorphosis is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than alteration:

alteration: the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)
metamorphosis: a striking change in appearance or character or circumstances

Other hyponyms of alteration include distraction, misdirection, modulation, qualification, reorganization, transfiguration.

alteration (noun)	metamorphosis (noun)
the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)	a complete change of physical form or substance especially as by magic or witchcraft
the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)	a striking change in appearance or character or circumstances
an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another	the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals

alteration vs metamorphosis

alteration and metamorphosis both are nouns.

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