transposition vs abnormality

abnormality vs transposition

transposition and abnormality both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
transposition	Yes	No	No	No
abnormality	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, abnormality is a hypernym of transposition; that is, abnormality is a word with a broader meaning than transposition:

transposition: any abnormal position of the organs of the body
abnormality: an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies

Other hypernyms of transposition include abnormalcy.

transposition (noun)	abnormality (noun)
the act of reversing the order or place of	behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality
(music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards	marked strangeness as a consequence of being abnormal
(mathematics) the transfer of a quantity from one side of an equation to the other along with a change of sign	retardation sufficient to fall outside the normal range of intelligence
(electricity) a rearrangement of the relative positions of power lines in order to minimize the effects of mutual capacitance and inductance	an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies
(genetics) a kind of mutation in which a chromosomal segment is transfered to a new position on the same or another chromosome
an event in which one thing is substituted for another
any abnormal position of the organs of the body

Difference between transposition and abnormality

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