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metamorphosis vs transformation

transformation vs metamorphosis

metamorphosis and transformation both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
metamorphosis Yes No No No
transformation Yes No No No
As nouns, transformation is a hypernym of metamorphosis; that is, transformation is a word with a broader meaning than metamorphosis:
  • metamorphosis: a complete change of physical form or substance especially as by magic or witchcraft
  • transformation: the act of changing in form or shape or appearance
Other hypernyms of metamorphosis include translation.
metamorphosis (noun) transformation (noun)
a complete change of physical form or substance especially as by magic or witchcraft the act of changing in form or shape or appearance
a striking change in appearance or character or circumstances (genetics) modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA
the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals 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
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