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transposition vs rearrangement

rearrangement vs transposition

transposition and rearrangement both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
transposition Yes No No No
rearrangement Yes No No No
As nouns, rearrangement is a hypernym of transposition; that is, rearrangement is a word with a broader meaning than transposition:
  • transposition: (electricity) a rearrangement of the relative positions of power lines in order to minimize the effects of mutual capacitance and inductance
  • rearrangement: changing an arrangement
transposition (noun) rearrangement (noun)
the act of reversing the order or place of changing an arrangement
(music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
(mathematics) the transfer of a quantity from one side of an equation to the other along with a change of sign
(electricity) a rearrangement of the relative positions of power lines in order to minimize the effects of mutual capacitance and inductance
(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 rearrangement

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