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Metamorphosis vs Modification - What's the difference?

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Metamorphosis is a related term of modification.


As nouns the difference between metamorphosis and modification

is that metamorphosis is a transformation, such as that of magic or by sorcery while modification is the act or result of modifying or the condition of being modified.

metamorphosis

English

(wikipedia metamorphosis)

Noun

(metamorphoses)
  • A transformation, such as that of magic or by sorcery
  • A noticeable change in character, appearance, function or condition.
  • (biology) A change in the form and often habits of an animal after the embryonic stage during normal development. (e.g. the transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly or a tadpole into a frog.)
  • (pathology) A change in the structure of a specific body tissue. Usually degenerative.

    • Related terms

    * metamorphic * metamorphose * metamorphosize * metamorphism

    Derived terms

    * metramorphosis

    modification

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • the act or result of modifying or the condition of being modified
  • an alteration or adjustment to something
  • * Jim's modification to the radio's tuning resulted in clearer sound.
  • a change to an organism as a result of its environment that is not transmissable to offspring
  • * Due to his sunbathing, Jim's body experienced modifications : he got a tan.
  • (linguistics) a change to a word when it is borrowed by another language
  • * The Chinese word "kòu tóu" had a modification made to become the English "kowtow" .
  • (linguistics) the change undergone by a word when used in a construction (for instance am'' => '' 'm'' in ''I'm )

    • Related terms

    * modify * modifier

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