mapping vs transformation

transformation vs mapping

mapping and transformation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mapping	Yes	No	No	No
transformation	Yes	No	No	No

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

mapping: (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function)
transformation: (mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system

Other hyponyms of mapping include multinomial, polynomial, expansion, inverse function, Kronecker delta, metric, metric function, isometry, operator, circular function, trigonometric function, threshold function, exponential, exponential function, linear function, onto function, surjection, surjective function, homothecy, homothety.

mapping (noun)	transformation (noun)
(genetics) the process of locating genes on a chromosome	the act of changing in form or shape or appearance
the process of making maps	(genetics) modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA
(mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function)	a rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure
	a qualitative change
	(mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system

Difference between mapping and transformation

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