improvement vs melioration

melioration vs improvement

improvement and melioration both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
improvement	Yes	No	No	No
melioration	Yes	No	No	No

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

improvement: the act of improving something
melioration: the act of relieving ills and changing for the better

Other hyponyms of improvement include tenderisation, tenderization, development, cleaning, cleansing, cleanup, correction, rectification, optimisation, optimization, perfection, reform, amelioration, betterment, self-improvement, self-reformation, clarification, clearing, enrichment, humanisation, humanization, modernisation, modernization, overhaul, redevelopment, renovation, enhancement, sweetening, upturn, airing, ventilation, fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, repair, reparation, stabilisation, stabilization, upgrade, turd polishing, business process reengineering.

As nouns, improvement and melioration are synonyms defined as:

improvement and melioration: a condition superior to an earlier condition

improvement (noun)	melioration (noun)
the act of improving something	the act of relieving ills and changing for the better
a change for the better; progress in development	the linguistic process in which over a period of time a word grows more positive in connotation or more elevated in meaning
a condition superior to an earlier condition	a condition superior to an earlier condition

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