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transition | evolution |

As nouns the difference between transition and evolution

is that transition is the process of change from one form, state, style or place to another while evolution is the process of accumulating change.

As a verb transition

is to make a transition.

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.

    evolution

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The process of accumulating change.
  • A progression of change, often branching and diversifying in the process.
  • (general) Gradual directional change especially one leading to a more advanced or complex form; growth; development.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
  • , chapter=4 citation , passage=By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect.}}
  • * 1976 , (Richard Dawkins), (The Selfish Gene) :
  • There are some examples of cultural evolution' in birds and monkeys, but it is our own species that really shows what cultural ' evolution can do.
  • * 2005 , (Eckhart Tolle), (A New Earth) :
  • Suffering has a noble purpose: the evolution of consciousness and the burning up of the ego.
  • (biology) The change in the genetic composition of a population over successive generations.
  • * 1976 , (Richard Dawkins), (The Selfish Gene) :
  • [Some books have] made the erroneous assumption that the important thing in evolution is the good of the species (or the group) rather than the good of the individual (or the gene).
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= Katrina G. Claw
  • , title= Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm , volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Many genes with reproductive roles also have antibacterial and immune functions, which indicate that the threat of microbial attack on the sperm or egg may be a major influence on rapid evolution during reproduction.}}
  • (chemistry) The act or an instance of giving off gas; emission.
  • (mathematics) The extraction of a root from a quantity.
  • (military) One of a series of ordered movements.
  • (dance, sports) A turning movement of the body.
  • * 1869 , Anon., Miss Langley's Will :
  • It was a critical instant: the pirouette -- it would fail, she feared. … the rapid whirl achieved in exact time, the whole evolution executed to perfection.
  • * 1825 , Theodore Edward Hook, Sayings and Doings: Passion and principle :
  • … as he beheld the tenfold pirouette of a lovely girl, which presented to the public eye the whole of her form and figure; … to praise the dexterity and ease with which the unfortunate and degraded creature had performed the ungraceful evolution , the only merit of which, is the gross exposition of person, at which modesty shudders […]
  • * 1863 , Knightley Willia Horlock, The master of the hounds :
  • "Look now, that pirouette -- my stars! how Beauchamp would stare to see his darling perform such an evolution !"
  • * 1869 , William Clarke, The boy's own book :
  • By this operation each foot will describe an arc or segment of a circle. … This evolution is performed sometimes on one foot, sometimes on the other …

    Antonyms

    * (accumulation of change) stagnation * (gradual process) revolution * (survival through adaptation) extinction

    Derived terms

    * biological evolution * coevolution, co-evolution * cosmic evolution * cultural evolution * emergent evolution * evolution denial * evolution denier * genetic evolution * macroevolution * microevolution * organic evolution * planetary evolution * social evolution * stellar evolution

    See also

    * Darwinism