Variation vs Transition - What's the difference?

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Variation is a related term of transition.

As nouns the difference between variation and transition

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

As a verb transition is

to make a.

variation

English

(wikipedia variation)

Noun

(en-noun)

The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing

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A related but distinct thing.

(nautical) The angular difference at the vessel between the direction of true north and magnetic north. Also called magnetic declination.

(board games) A line of play that differs from the original.

(music) A technique where material is repeated with alterations to the melody, harmony, rhythm, timbre, texture, counterpoint or orchestration; but with some invariant characteristic, e.g. a ground bass.

Derived terms

* magnetic variation * theme and variations

References

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transition

English

Noun

(en noun)

The process of change from one form, state, style or place to another.

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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.