Veering vs Transmutation - What's the difference?
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A motion that veers; a sudden swerve.
(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.
Veering is a related term of transmutation.
As nouns the difference between veering and transmutation
is that veering is a motion that veers; a sudden swerve while transmutation is (obsolete) change, alteration.As a verb veering
is .veering
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Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- [H]er mood, though consistently excited, was labile in affect, with sudden veerings from stormy hypomania to fearfulness and agitated depression.'' — Oliver Sacks, ''Awakenings .
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*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.