natural event vs alteration

alteration vs natural event

natural event and alteration both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
natural event	Yes	No	No	No
alteration	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, alteration is a hyponym of natural event; that is, alteration is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than natural event:

natural event: an event that happens
alteration: an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another

Other hyponyms of natural event include accompaniment, attendant, co-occurrence, concomitant, avalanche, experience, trouble, treat, miracle, marvel, wonder, thing, episode, contingence, contingency, eventuality, beginning, conclusion, ending, finish, one-off, periodic event, recurrent event, change, modification, computer error, error, accident, chance event, fortuity, stroke, fire, incident, discharge, case, example, instance, motion, movement, failure, success, appearance, destiny, fate, disappearance, disappearance, contact, impinging, striking, finish, collapse, break, interruption, sound, union, news event, flash, convergence, juncture, occasion, burst, flare-up, outburst, eruption, irruption, outbreak, black eye, blow, reversal, reverse, setback, bonanza, boom, bunce, godsend, gold rush, gravy, manna from heaven, windfall, collapse, crash, supervention.

natural event (noun)	alteration (noun)
an event that happens	the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)
	the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
	an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another

Difference between natural event and alteration

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