modification vs harm

harm vs modification

modification and harm both are nouns.

modification is not a verb while harm is a verb.

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

As nouns, harm is a hyponym of modification; that is, harm 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
harm: the occurrence of a change for the worse

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, decease, expiry, decrease, drop-off, lessening, destabilization, increase, easing, moderation, relief, deformation, transition, shift, transformation, transmutation, scintillation, sparkling, twinkle, play, shimmer, transmutation, damage, impairment, development, revolution, chromosomal mutation, genetic mutation, mutation, sex change, loss of consciousness.

modification (noun)	harm (noun)
the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)	the act of damaging something or someone
slightly modified copy; not an exact copy	the occurrence of a change for the worse
an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another	any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury
the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase

modification (verb)	harm (verb)
	cause or do harm to

Difference between modification and harm

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