transition vs modification

modification vs transition

transition and modification both are nouns.

transition is a verb but modification is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
transition	Yes	No	Yes	No
modification	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, modification is a hypernym of transition; that is, modification is a word with a broader meaning than transition:

transition: a change from one place or state or subject or stage to another
modification: an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another

Other hypernyms of transition include alteration, change.

transition (noun)	modification (noun)
the act of passing from one state or place to the next	the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
a passage that connects a topic to one that follows	slightly modified copy; not an exact copy
a musical passage moving from one key to another	an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
an event that results in a transformation	the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase
a change from one place or state or subject or stage to another

transition (verb)	modification (verb)
make or undergo a transition (from one state or system to another)
cause to convert or undergo a transition

Difference between transition and modification

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