transition vs saltation

saltation vs transition

transition and saltation both are nouns.

transition is a verb but saltation is not a verb.

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

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

transition: a change from one place or state or subject or stage to another
saltation: an abrupt transition

Other hyponyms of transition include ground swell, jump, leap.

transition (noun)	saltation (noun)
the act of passing from one state or place to the next	a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
a passage that connects a topic to one that follows	taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
a musical passage moving from one key to another	(genetics) a mutation that drastically changes the phenotype of an organism or species
an event that results in a transformation	an abrupt transition
a change from one place or state or subject or stage to another	(geology) the leaping movement of sand or soil particles as they are transported in a fluid medium over an uneven surface

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

Difference between transition and saltation

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