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Convert vs Transition - What's the difference?

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In transitive terms the difference between convert and transition

is that convert is to express (a unit of measure) in terms of another; to furnish a mathematical formula by which a quantity, expressed in the former unit, may be given in the latter while transition is to bring through a transition; to change.

In intransitive terms the difference between convert and transition

is that convert is to become converted while transition is to make a transition.

convert

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who has converted to his or her religion.
  • They were all converts to Islam.
  • A person who is now in favour of something that he or she previously opposed or disliked.
  • I never really liked broccoli before, but now that I've tasted it the way you cook it, I'm a convert !

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (lb) To transform or change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product.
  • :
  • *(Thomas Burnet) (1635?-1715)
  • *:if the whole atmosphere were converted into water
  • *(John Milton) (1608-1674)
  • *:That still lessens / The sorrow, and converts it nigh to joy.
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=September-October, author= Katie L. Burke
  • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= In the News , passage=Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: the ability to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy.}}
  • (lb) To change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another.
  • :
  • *
  • *:“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable,.
  • (lb) To induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, ideology or belief.
  • :
  • * (1796-1859)
  • *:No attempt was made to convert the Moslems.
  • (lb) To exchange for something of equal value.
  • :
  • (lb) To express (a quantity) in alternative units.
  • (lb) To express (a unit of measure) in terms of another; to furnish a mathematical formula by which a quantity, expressed in the former unit, may be given in the latter.
  • :
  • To appropriate wrongfully or unlawfully; to commit the common law tort of conversion.
  • To score extra points after (a try) by completing a conversion.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2011, date=February 4, author=Gareth Roberts, work=BBC
  • , title= Wales 19-26 England , passage=Flood converted to leave Wales with a 23-9 deficit going into the final quarter.}}
  • (lb) To score (a penalty).
  • *{{quote-news, year=2011, date=September 28, author=Jon Smith, work=BBC Sport
  • , title= Valencia 1-1 Chelsea , passage=But, after the error by Lampard's replacement Kalou, Roberto Soldado converted the penalty.}}
  • To score a spare.
  • (lb) To undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief.
  • :
  • (lb) To become converted.
  • :
  • To cause to turn; to turn.
  • *(Ben Jonson) (1572-1637)
  • *:O, which way shall I first convert myself?
  • To change (one proposition) into another, so that what was the subject of the first becomes the predicate of the second.
  • To turn into another language; to translate.
  • *(Ben Jonson) (1572-1637)
  • *:which storyCatullus more elegantly converted
  • Antonyms

    * deconvert

    Derived terms

    * converter * convertible * downconvert, downconversion, downconverter * upconvert, upconversion, upconverter

    transition

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The process of change from one form, state, style or place to another.
  • * , chapter=12
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012, date=November 7, author=Matt Bai, title=Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=So, depending on how he chooses to govern over the next four years, Mr. Obama may yet have a chance to reset the stale debate in Washington, or at least to hasten the transition from one moment to the next. His re-election opens the door further for the post-’60s generation, even if it does not quite clear the room.}}
  • A word or phrase connecting one part of a discourse to another.
  • (music) A brief modulation; a passage connecting two themes.
  • (genetics) A point mutation in which one base is replaced by another of the same class (purine or pyrimidine); compare transversion.
  • (some sports) A change from defense to attack, or attack to defense.
  • (medicine) The onset of the final stage of childbirth.
  • (education) Professional special education assistance for children or adults in the process of leaving one educational environment or support program for another to relatively more independent living.
  • (skating) A change between forward and backward motion without stopping.
  • (LGBT) The process or act of changing from one gender role to another, or of bringing one's outward appearance in line with one's internal gender identity.
  • Usage notes

    In the United Kingdom education system, the noun is used to define any move within or between schools, for example, a move from one year group to the next. Contrast with transfer which is used to define a move from one school to another, for example from primary school to secondary school. In the United States education system the, noun is used to define a move from a one phase of an to another specifically regarding the child's or adult's progress from more or less special educational support to greater independent living.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a .
  • To bring through a ; to change.
  • The soldier was transitioned from a combat role to a strategic role.
  • (LGBT) To change from one gender role to another, or bring one's outward appearance in line with one's internal gender identity.
  • * 2006 , Taylor J. Holder, All Points in Between: Shifting on the Scale of Sex and Gender (ISBN 0595399274):
  • Eric told me that after he transitioned , he wanted to learn to fish and all the things his father never taught him.
  • * 2009 , Julia Serano, Whipping Girl (ISBN 0786747919):
  • And simply being accepted into one of these programs was not a guarantee that one would be allowed to transition . First, the trans person had to undergo extensive, sometimes indefinite, periods of psychotherapy
  • * 2009 , Mara Drummond, Transitions - A Guide To Transitioning For Transsexuals And Their Families , page 71:
  • If the transitioning' person leaves the family home, there will be moving costs, and costs associated with the acquisition of another home or the renting of an apartment. If the non-' transitioning spouse leaves the family home,
  • * 2012 , Kevin Alderson, Counseling LGBTI Clients (ISBN 1412987180), page 195:
  • After he transitioned , he changed jobs so he could go stealth, hoping that no one would discover he was once a woman.