Transmutation vs Alter - What's the difference?
transmutation | alter |
(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:
(physics) The actual transformation of one element into another by a nuclear reaction.
To change the form or structure of.
* Bible, Psalms lxxxix. 34
* Shakespeare
* Alexander Pope
To become different.
To tailor clothes to make them fit.
To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
(obsolete) To agitate; to affect mentally.
As a noun transmutation
is (obsolete) change, alteration.As an adjective alter is
.transmutation
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(wikipedia transmutation)Noun
(en noun)- The transmutation of metals was secondary to the main aim, which was the spiritual transformation of the adept.
alter
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Alternative forms
* altre (obsolete)Verb
(en verb)- My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
- No power in Venice can alter a decree.
- It gilds all objects, but it alters none.
- (Milton)