alteration vs separation

separation vs alteration

alteration and separation both are nouns.

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

As nouns, separation is a hyponym of alteration; that is, separation 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
separation: coming apart

Other hyponyms of alteration include acceleration, deceleration, retardation, slowing, avulsion, break, mutation, sublimation, surprise, birth, nascence, nascency, nativity, breakup, detachment, 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, mutation, sex change, loss of consciousness.

alteration (noun)	separation (noun)
the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)	the social act of separating or parting company
the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)	the act of dividing or disconnecting
an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another	(law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order)
	sorting one thing from others
	the distance between things
	coming apart
	the termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal)
	the space where a division or parting occurs
	the state of lacking unity

Difference between alteration and separation

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