alteration vs misdirection

misdirection vs alteration

alteration and misdirection both are nouns.

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

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

alteration: the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)
misdirection: the act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something

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

alteration (noun)	misdirection (noun)
the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)	management that is careless or inefficient
the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)	the act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something
an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another	incorrect directions or instructions
	an incorrect charge to a jury given by a judge

Difference between alteration and misdirection

Words related to "misdirection"

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