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alteration vs slowing

slowing vs alteration

alteration and slowing both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
alteration Yes No No No
slowing Yes No No No
As nouns, slowing is a hyponym of alteration; that is, slowing 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
  • slowing: a decrease in rate of change
Other hyponyms of alteration include acceleration, deceleration, retardation, 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, revolution, chromosomal mutation, genetic mutation, mutation, sex change, loss of consciousness.
alteration (noun) slowing (noun)
the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification) a decrease in rate of change
the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
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