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Novelty vs Transmutation - What's the difference?

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Novelty is a related term of transmutation.


As nouns the difference between novelty and transmutation

is that novelty is the state of being new or novel; newness while transmutation is (obsolete) change, alteration.

novelty

English

Noun

(wikipedia novelty)
  • The state of being new or novel; newness.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=May 24 , author=Nathan Rabin , title=Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3 , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=Men In Black 3 lacks the novelty of the first film, and its take on the late ’60s feels an awful lot like a psychedelic dress-up party, all broad caricatures and groovy vibes.}}
  • A new product; an innovation.
  • * 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 10.
    • Reconciling profound enquiry with clearness, and truth with novelty .
  • A small mass-produced trinket.
  • In novelty theory, newness, density of complexification, and dynamic change as opposed to static habituation.

    • Derived terms

    * novelty song * novelty theory

    transmutation

    English

    (wikipedia transmutation)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) Change, alteration.
  • The conversion of one thing into something else; transformation.
  • (alchemy) Specifically, the supposed transformation of one element into another, especially of a base metal into gold.
  • * 1971 , , Religion and the Decline of Magic , Folio Society 2012, p. 261:
    • The transmutation of metals was secondary to the main aim, which was the spiritual transformation of the adept.
  • (physics) The actual transformation of one element into another by a nuclear reaction.