misdirection vs alteration

alteration vs misdirection

misdirection and alteration both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
misdirection	Yes	No	No	No
alteration	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, alteration is a hypernym of misdirection; that is, alteration is a word with a broader meaning than misdirection:

misdirection: the act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something
alteration: the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)

Other hypernyms of misdirection include revision.

misdirection (noun)	alteration (noun)
management that is careless or inefficient	the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)
the act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something	the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
incorrect directions or instructions	an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
an incorrect charge to a jury given by a judge

Difference between misdirection and alteration

Words related to "misdirection"

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