transformation vs alteration

transformation and alteration both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
transformation	Yes	No	No	No
alteration	Yes	No	No	No

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

transformation: the act of changing in form or shape or appearance
alteration: the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)

Other hyponyms of transformation include permutation, revision, transfiguration, transmogrification, metamorphosis.

As nouns, alteration is a hypernym of transformation; that is, alteration is a word with a broader meaning than transformation:

transformation: a qualitative change
alteration: an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another

Other hypernyms of transformation include change, modification.

transformation (noun)	alteration (noun)
the act of changing in form or shape or appearance	the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)
(genetics) modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA	the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
a rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure	an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
a qualitative change
(mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system

transformation vs alteration

transformation and alteration both are nouns.

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