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sublimation vs modification

modification vs sublimation

sublimation and modification both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sublimation Yes No No No
modification Yes No No No
As nouns, modification is a hypernym of sublimation; that is, modification is a word with a broader meaning than sublimation:
  • sublimation: (psychology) modifying the natural expression of an impulse or instinct (especially a sexual one) to one that is socially acceptable
  • modification: an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
Other hypernyms of sublimation include alteration, change.
sublimation (noun) modification (noun)
(psychology) modifying the natural expression of an impulse or instinct (especially a sexual one) to one that is socially acceptable the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
(chemistry) a change directly from the solid to the gaseous state without becoming liquid 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 sublimation and modification

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