playing vs transposition

transposition vs playing

playing and transposition both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
playing	Yes	No	No	No
transposition	Yes	No	No	No

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

playing: the act of playing a musical instrument
transposition: (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards

Other hyponyms of playing include bowing, piping, stopping.

playing (noun)	transposition (noun)
the action of taking part in a game or sport or other recreation	the act of reversing the order or place of
the act of playing a musical instrument	(music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
the performance of a part or role in a drama	(mathematics) the transfer of a quantity from one side of an equation to the other along with a change of sign
	(electricity) a rearrangement of the relative positions of power lines in order to minimize the effects of mutual capacitance and inductance
	(genetics) a kind of mutation in which a chromosomal segment is transfered to a new position on the same or another chromosome
	an event in which one thing is substituted for another
	any abnormal position of the organs of the body

Difference between playing and transposition

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