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transformation vs degeneration

degeneration vs transformation

transformation and degeneration both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
transformation Yes No No No
degeneration Yes No No No
As nouns, degeneration is a hyponym of transformation; that is, degeneration is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than transformation:
  • transformation: a qualitative change
  • degeneration: passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form
Other hyponyms of transformation include advance, betterment, improvement, population shift, pyrolysis, sea change, sublimation, tin disease, tin pest, tin plague, changeover, conversion, transition, retrogression, strengthening, weakening.
transformation (noun) degeneration (noun)
the act of changing in form or shape or appearance passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form
(genetics) modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality
a rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
a qualitative change
(mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system
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