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alteration vs transformation

transformation vs alteration

alteration and transformation both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
alteration Yes No No No
transformation Yes No No No
As nouns, transformation is a hypernym of alteration; that is, transformation is a word with a broader meaning than alteration:
  • alteration: the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)
  • transformation: the act of changing in form or shape or appearance
Other hypernyms of alteration include translation.
As nouns, transformation is a hyponym of alteration; that is, transformation 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
  • transformation: a qualitative change
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, transmutation, scintillation, sparkling, twinkle, play, shimmer, transmutation, damage, harm, impairment, development, revolution, chromosomal mutation, genetic mutation, mutation, sex change, loss of consciousness.
alteration (noun) transformation (noun)
the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification) the act of changing in form or shape or appearance
the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) (genetics) modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA
an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another a rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure
a qualitative change
(mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system
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