modification vs acceleration

acceleration vs modification

modification and acceleration both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
modification	Yes	No	No	No
acceleration	Yes	No	No	No

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

modification: an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
acceleration: an increase in rate of change

Other hyponyms of modification include deceleration, retardation, slowing, avulsion, break, mutation, sublimation, surprise, birth, nascence, nascency, nativity, breakup, detachment, separation, vagary, fluctuation, variation, conversion, death, decease, expiry, decrease, drop-off, lessening, destabilization, increase, easing, moderation, relief, deformation, transition, shift, transformation, transmutation, scintillation, sparkling, twinkle, play, shimmer, transmutation, damage, harm, impairment, development, revolution, chromosomal mutation, genetic mutation, mutation, sex change, loss of consciousness.

modification (noun)	acceleration (noun)
the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)	the act of accelerating; increasing the speed
slightly modified copy; not an exact copy	an increase in rate of change
an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another	(physics) a rate of increase of velocity
the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase

Difference between modification and acceleration

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