modification vs laxation

modification and laxation both are nouns.

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

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

modification: the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
laxation: the act of making something less tight

Other hyponyms of modification include loosening, tightening, accommodation, adaptation, tune.

modification (noun)	laxation (noun)
the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)	the act of making something less tight
slightly modified copy; not an exact copy	the elimination of fecal waste through the anus
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 vs laxation

modification and laxation both are nouns.

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