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Fluctuation vs Alteration - What's the difference?

fluctuation | alteration |

As nouns the difference between fluctuation and alteration

is that fluctuation is a motion like that of waves; a moving in this and that direction while alteration is alteration.

fluctuation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A motion like that of waves; a moving in this and that direction.
    • the fluctuations of the sea
  • A wavering; unsteadiness.
    • fluctuations of opinion
    fluctuations of prices
  • In medicine, a wave-like motion or undulation of a fluid in a natural or abnormal cavity (e.g. pus in an abscess), which is felt during palpation or percussion.

    • Related terms

    * fluctuate

    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)

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