What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Alteration vs Alterant - What's the difference?

alteration | alterant |

As nouns the difference between alteration and alterant

is that alteration is the act of altering or making different while alterant is something that causes alteration, that alters.

As an adjective alterant is

altering; gradually changing.

alteration

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of altering or making different.
  • * 1594 , , Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity ,
  • alteration , though it be from worse to better, hath in it inconveniences…
  • The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; changed condition.
  • * 1892 , ,
  • …and I saw by the alteration in your face that a train of thought had been started.
    (Webster 1913)

    References

    *

    alterant

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that causes alteration, that alters.
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • Altering; gradually changing.
  • (Francis Bacon)
    ----