beginning vs formation

formation vs beginning

beginning and formation both are nouns.

beginning is an adjective but formation is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
beginning	Yes	Yes	No	No
formation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, formation is a hyponym of beginning; that is, formation is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than beginning:

beginning: the act of starting something
formation: the act of forming or establishing something

Other hyponyms of beginning include jumping-off point, point of departure, springboard, activation, attack, tone-beginning, constitution, establishment, organisation, organization, debut, entry, first appearance, introduction, launching, unveiling, face-off, first step, initiative, opening, opening move, groundbreaking, groundbreaking ceremony, housing start, icebreaker, inauguration, startup, creation, foundation, founding, initiation, innovation, instauration, institution, introduction, origination, installation, installing, installment, instalment, jump ball, kickoff, recommencement, resumption, scrum, scrummage, startup.

beginning (noun)	formation (noun)
the act of starting something	the act of fabricating something in a particular shape
the first part or section of something	the act of forming or establishing something
the event consisting of the start of something	creation by mental activity
the place where something begins, where it springs into being	a particular spatial arrangement
the time at which something is supposed to begin	an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit
	(geology) the geological features of the earth
	natural process that causes something to form

beginning (adjective)	formation (adjective)
serving to begin

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