variation vs alteration

alteration vs variation

variation and alteration both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
variation	Yes	No	No	No
alteration	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, alteration is a hypernym of variation; that is, alteration is a word with a broader meaning than variation:

variation: an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change
alteration: an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another

Other hypernyms of variation include change, modification.

variation (noun)	alteration (noun)
an activity that varies from a norm or standard	the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)
the act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard	the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
(ballet) a solo dance or dance figure	an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
an artifact that deviates from a norm or standard
something a little different from others of the same type
a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished
an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change
(biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
(astronomy) any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite (especially a perturbation of the earth's moon)
the process of varying or being varied
the angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north

Difference between variation and alteration

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