weakening vs transmutation

weakening and transmutation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
weakening	Yes	Yes	No	No
transmutation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, transmutation is a hypernym of weakening; that is, transmutation is a word with a broader meaning than weakening:

Other hypernyms of weakening include shift, transformation.

weakening (noun)	transmutation (noun)
the act of reducing the strength of something	an act that changes the form or character or substance of something
becoming weaker	a qualitative change
	(physics) the change of one chemical element into another (as by nuclear decay or radioactive bombardment)

weakening (adjective)	transmutation (adjective)
causing debilitation
moderating by making pain or sorrow weaker