modification vs vagary

vagary vs modification

modification and vagary both are nouns.

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

As nouns, vagary is a hyponym of modification; that is, vagary 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
vagary: an unexpected and inexplicable change in something (in a situation or a person's behavior, etc.)

Other hyponyms of modification include acceleration, deceleration, retardation, slowing, avulsion, break, mutation, sublimation, surprise, birth, nascence, nascency, nativity, breakup, detachment, separation, fluctuation, variation, conversion, death, decease, expiry, decrease, drop-off, lessening, destabilization, increase, easing, moderation, relief, deformation, transition, shift, transformation, transmutation, scintillation, sparkling, twinkle, play, shimmer, transmutation, damage, harm, impairment, development, revolution, chromosomal mutation, genetic mutation, mutation, sex change, loss of consciousness.

modification (noun)	vagary (noun)
the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)	an unexpected and inexplicable change in something (in a situation or a person's behavior, etc.)
slightly modified copy; not an exact copy
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 vagary

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