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modification vs transformation

transformation vs modification

modification and transformation both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
modification Yes No No No
transformation Yes No No No
As nouns, transformation is a hyponym of modification; that is, transformation 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
  • transformation: a qualitative change
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, transmutation, scintillation, sparkling, twinkle, play, shimmer, transmutation, damage, harm, impairment, development, revolution, chromosomal mutation, genetic mutation, mutation, sex change, loss of consciousness.
modification (noun) transformation (noun)
the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) the act of changing in form or shape or appearance
slightly modified copy; not an exact copy (genetics) modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA
an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another a rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure
the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase a qualitative change
(mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system
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