modification vs decease

decease vs modification

modification and decease both are nouns.

modification is not a verb while decease is a verb.

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

As nouns, decease is a hyponym of modification; that is, decease 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
decease: the event of dying or departure from life

Other hyponyms of modification include acceleration, deceleration, retardation, slowing, avulsion, break, mutation, sublimation, surprise, birth, nascence, nascency, nativity, breakup, detachment, separation, vagary, fluctuation, variation, conversion, death, 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)	decease (noun)
the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)	the event of dying or departure from life
slightly modified copy; not an exact copy
an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase

modification (verb)	decease (verb)
	pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

Difference between modification and decease

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