alteration vs mutation

mutation vs alteration

alteration and mutation both are nouns.

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

As nouns, mutation is a hyponym of alteration; that is, mutation 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
mutation: a change or alteration in form or qualities

Other hyponyms of alteration include acceleration, deceleration, retardation, slowing, avulsion, break, 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, harm, impairment, development, revolution, chromosomal mutation, genetic mutation, sex change, loss of consciousness.

alteration (noun)	mutation (noun)
the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)	(genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism
the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)	a change or alteration in form or qualities
an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another	(biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration

Difference between alteration and mutation

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