birth vs modification

modification vs birth

birth and modification both are nouns.

birth is a verb but modification is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
birth	Yes	No	Yes	No
modification	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, modification is a hypernym of birth; that is, modification is a word with a broader meaning than birth:

birth: the event of being born
modification: an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another

Other hypernyms of birth include alteration, change.

birth (noun)	modification (noun)
the event of being born	the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
a baby born; an offspring	slightly modified copy; not an exact copy
the process of giving birth	an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents	the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase
the time when something begins (especially life)

birth (verb)	modification (verb)
cause to be born

Difference between birth and modification

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