grammatical relation vs modification

modification vs grammatical relation

grammatical relation and modification both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
grammatical relation	Yes	No	No	No
modification	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, modification is a hyponym of grammatical relation; that is, modification is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than grammatical relation:

grammatical relation: a linguistic relation established by grammar
modification: the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase

Other hyponyms of grammatical relation include agreement, concord, transitiveness, transitivity, intransitiveness, intransitivity, coreference, conjunction, complementation, coordination, subordination, limiting, qualifying, modality, mode, mood, anaphoric relation, voice, inflection, inflexion, aspect.

grammatical relation (noun)	modification (noun)
a linguistic relation established by grammar	the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
	slightly modified copy; not an exact copy
	an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
	the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase

Difference between grammatical relation and modification

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