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Transmit vs Transform - What's the difference?

transmit | transform |

In transitive terms the difference between transmit and transform

is that transmit is to convey energy or force through a mechanism while transform is to change the nature, condition or function of; to change in nature, disposition, heart, character, etc.; to convert.

In intransitive terms the difference between transmit and transform

is that transmit is to send out a signal (as opposed to receive) while transform is to undergo a transformation.

As a noun transform is

the result of a transformation.

transmit

English

Verb

(transmitt)
  • To send or convey something from one person, place or thing to another.
  • To spread or pass on something such as a disease or a signal.
  • To impart, convey or hand down something by inheritance or heredity.
  • To communicate news or information.
  • To convey energy or force through a mechanism.
  • To send out a signal (as opposed to receive).
  • Synonyms

    * (l)

    transform

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To change greatly the appearance or form of.
  • The alchemists sought to transform lead into gold.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Love may transform me to an oyster.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April
  • , author= , title=Well-connected Brains , volume=100, issue=2, page=171 , magazine=(American Scientist) citation , passage=Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work. The achievement will transform neuroscience and serve as the starting point for asking questions we could not otherwise have answered, […].}}
  • To change the nature, condition or function of; to change in nature, disposition, heart, character, etc.; to convert.
  • * Bible, Romans xii. 2
  • Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.
  • (mathematics) To subject to a transformation; to change into another form without altering the value.
  • (electricity) To subject to the action of a transformer.
  • (genetics) To subject (a cell) to transformation.
  • To undergo a transformation.
  • Synonyms

    * (change greatly the appearance or form of) alter, change, convert, make over, transmogrify * (sense) alter, change * (undergo a transformation) alter, change

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mathematics) the result of a transformation
  • Derived terms

    * Fourier transform