modification vs loosening

modification and loosening both are nouns.

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

As nouns, loosening is a hyponym of modification; that is, loosening 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)
loosening: the act of making something less tight

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

modification (noun)	loosening (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	an occurrence of control or strength weakening
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 loosening

modification and loosening both are nouns.

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