alteration vs revolution

revolution vs alteration

alteration and revolution both are nouns.

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

As nouns, revolution is a hyponym of alteration; that is, revolution 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
revolution: a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving

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, harm, impairment, development, chromosomal mutation, genetic mutation, mutation, sex change, loss of consciousness.

alteration (noun)	revolution (noun)
the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)	the overthrow of a government by those who are governed
the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)	a single complete turn (axial or orbital)
an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another	a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving

Difference between alteration and revolution

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