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transformation vs population shift

population shift vs transformation

transformation and population shift both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
transformation Yes No No No
population shift Yes No No No
As nouns, population shift is a hyponym of transformation; that is, population shift is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than transformation:
  • transformation: a qualitative change
  • population shift: a change in the relative numbers of the different groups of individuals making up a population
transformation (noun) population shift (noun)
the act of changing in form or shape or appearance a change in the relative numbers of the different groups of individuals making up a population
(genetics) modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA
a rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure
a qualitative change
(mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system
Difference between transformation and population shift

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