transformation vs translation

transformation and translation both are nouns.

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

As nouns, transformation and translation are synonyms defined as:

transformation and translation: the act of changing in form or shape or appearance

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

transformation: (mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system
translation: (mathematics) a transformation in which the origin of the coordinate system is moved to another position but the direction of each axis remains the same

Other hyponyms of transformation include reflection, rotation, affine transformation.

transformation (noun)	translation (noun)
the act of changing in form or shape or appearance	the act of uniform movement
(genetics) modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA	the act of changing in form or shape or appearance
a rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure	a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language
a qualitative change	rewording something in less technical terminology
(mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system	a uniform movement without rotation
	(genetics) the process whereby genetic information coded in messenger RNA directs the formation of a specific protein at a ribosome in the cytoplasm
	(mathematics) a transformation in which the origin of the coordinate system is moved to another position but the direction of each axis remains the same

transformation vs translation

transformation and translation both are nouns.

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