alteration vs transmutation

transmutation vs alteration

alteration and transmutation both are nouns.

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

As nouns, transmutation is a hyponym of alteration; that is, transmutation 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
transmutation: 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, transformation, scintillation, sparkling, twinkle, play, shimmer, damage, harm, impairment, development, revolution, chromosomal mutation, genetic mutation, mutation, sex change, loss of consciousness.

alteration (noun)	transmutation (noun)
the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)	an act that changes the form or character or substance of something
the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)	a qualitative change
an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another	(physics) the change of one chemical element into another (as by nuclear decay or radioactive bombardment)

Difference between alteration and transmutation

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