alteration vs vagary

vagary vs alteration

alteration and vagary both are nouns.

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

As nouns, vagary is a hyponym of alteration; that is, vagary 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
vagary: an unexpected and inexplicable change in something (in a situation or a person's behavior, etc.)

Other hyponyms of alteration include acceleration, deceleration, retardation, slowing, avulsion, break, mutation, sublimation, surprise, birth, nascence, nascency, nativity, breakup, detachment, separation, 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)	vagary (noun)
the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)	an unexpected and inexplicable change in something (in a situation or a person's behavior, etc.)
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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