fluctuation vs transposition

transposition vs fluctuation

fluctuation and transposition both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fluctuation	Yes	No	No	No
transposition	Yes	No	No	No

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

fluctuation: an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change
transposition: an event in which one thing is substituted for another

Other hyponyms of fluctuation include vicissitude, allomerism, departure, deviation, difference, divergence, permutation, replacement, substitution, switch, business cycle, trade cycle, daily variation, diurnal variation, tide.

fluctuation (noun)	transposition (noun)
the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes	the act of reversing the order or place of
an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change	(music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
a wave motion	(mathematics) the transfer of a quantity from one side of an equation to the other along with a change of sign
	(electricity) a rearrangement of the relative positions of power lines in order to minimize the effects of mutual capacitance and inductance
	(genetics) a kind of mutation in which a chromosomal segment is transfered to a new position on the same or another chromosome
	an event in which one thing is substituted for another
	any abnormal position of the organs of the body

Difference between fluctuation and transposition

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