modification vs restrictiveness

restrictiveness vs modification

modification and restrictiveness both are nouns.

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

As nouns, restrictiveness is a hyponym of modification; that is, restrictiveness 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
restrictiveness: a grammatical qualification that makes the meaning more specific (`red hat' has a more specific meaning than `hat')

Other hyponyms of modification include apposition.

modification (noun)	restrictiveness (noun)
the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)	a lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limits
slightly modified copy; not an exact copy	a grammatical qualification that makes the meaning more specific (`red hat' has a more specific meaning than `hat')
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

Difference between modification and restrictiveness

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