modification vs transmutation

transmutation vs modification

modification and transmutation both are nouns.

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

As nouns, transmutation is a hyponym of modification; that is, transmutation 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
transmutation: 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, transformation, scintillation, sparkling, twinkle, play, shimmer, damage, harm, impairment, development, revolution, chromosomal mutation, genetic mutation, mutation, sex change, loss of consciousness.

modification (noun)	transmutation (noun)
the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)	an act that changes the form or character or substance of something
slightly modified copy; not an exact copy	a qualitative change
an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another	(physics) the change of one chemical element into another (as by nuclear decay or radioactive bombardment)
the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase

Difference between modification and transmutation

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