development vs alteration

alteration vs development

development and alteration both are nouns.

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

As nouns, alteration is a hypernym of development; that is, alteration is a word with a broader meaning than development:

development: a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation
alteration: an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another

Other hypernyms of development include change, modification.

development (noun)	alteration (noun)
act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining	the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)
the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful	the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
(music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated	an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation
a district that has been developed to serve some purpose
processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)
a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess)

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