metamorphosis vs translation

translation vs metamorphosis

metamorphosis and translation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
metamorphosis	Yes	No	No	No
translation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, translation is a hypernym of metamorphosis; that is, translation is a word with a broader meaning than metamorphosis:

metamorphosis: a complete change of physical form or substance especially as by magic or witchcraft
translation: the act of changing in form or shape or appearance

Other hypernyms of metamorphosis include transformation.

metamorphosis (noun)	translation (noun)
a complete change of physical form or substance especially as by magic or witchcraft	the act of uniform movement
a striking change in appearance or character or circumstances	the act of changing in form or shape or appearance
the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals	a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language
	rewording something in less technical terminology
	a uniform movement without rotation
	(genetics) the process whereby genetic information coded in messenger RNA directs the formation of a specific protein at a ribosome in the cytoplasm
	(mathematics) a transformation in which the origin of the coordinate system is moved to another position but the direction of each axis remains the same

Difference between metamorphosis and translation

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