detachment vs modification

modification vs detachment

detachment and modification both are nouns.

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

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

detachment: coming apart
modification: an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another

Other hypernyms of detachment include alteration, change.

detachment (noun)	modification (noun)
the act of releasing from an attachment or connection	the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
coming apart	slightly modified copy; not an exact copy
avoiding emotional involvement	an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
a small unit of troops of special composition	the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase
the state of being isolated or detached

Difference between detachment and modification

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