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Realization vs Transmutation - What's the difference?

realization | transmutation |

As nouns the difference between realization and transmutation

is that realization is the act of realizing; an act of figuring out or becoming aware while transmutation is (obsolete) change, alteration.

realization

English

Alternative forms

* realisation

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of realizing; an act of figuring out or becoming aware.
    • He came to the startling realization that he had never really known.
  • The act of realizing; the act of making real.
    • He did not stay around long enough to see the realization of the idea.
    The realization of the plan took several years.
  • The result of an artistic effort.
    • The painter's realization of her concept was breathtaking.

    Related terms

    * real * realism * realistic * reality * realizable * realize

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    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.