mutation vs gene mutation

mutation and gene mutation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mutation	Yes	No	No	No
gene mutation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, gene mutation is a hyponym of mutation; that is, gene mutation is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than mutation:

mutation: (genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism
gene mutation: (genetics) a mutation due to an intramolecular reorganization of a gene

Other hyponyms of mutation include deletion, inversion, transposition, point mutation, reversion, saltation.

mutation (noun)	gene mutation (noun)
(genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism	(genetics) a mutation due to an intramolecular reorganization of a gene
a change or alteration in form or qualities
(biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration

mutation vs gene mutation

mutation and gene mutation both are nouns.

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