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Transformation vs Adjustment - What's the difference?

transformation | adjustment |

As nouns the difference between transformation and adjustment

is that transformation is while adjustment is a small change; a minor correction; a modification.

transformation

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of transforming or the state of being transformed.
  • A marked change in appearance or character, especially one for the better.
  • (mathematics) The replacement of the variables in an algebraic expression by their values in terms of another set of variables; a mapping of one space onto another or onto itself; a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system.
  • (linguistics) A rule that systematically converts one syntactic form into another; a sentence derived by such a rule.
  • (genetics) The alteration of a bacterial cell caused by the transfer of DNA from another, especially if pathogenic.
  • (politics, South Africa) Ideologically driven government policy - becoming more conformant with socialist and African nationalist groupthink.
  • Synonyms

    * metamorphosis * transmogrification * transmutation * transfiguration

    Derived terms

    * transformational

    adjustment

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a small change; a minor correction; a modification
  • The credit card company made an adjustment to my account to waive the late fee.
  • The behavioural process of balancing conflicting needs, or needs against obstacles in the environment.
  • When Jim graduated, he found adjustment to the working world difficult.

    Synonyms

    * change * correction * modification

    See also

    * (wikipedia)