modification vs apposition

apposition vs modification

modification and apposition both are nouns.

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

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

modification: the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase
apposition: a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows

Other hyponyms of modification include restrictiveness.

modification (noun)	apposition (noun)
the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)	the act of positioning close together (or side by side)
slightly modified copy; not an exact copy	(biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material
an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another	a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows
the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase

Difference between modification and apposition

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