Version vs Modification - What's the difference?
version | modification |
A specific form or variation of something.
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A translation from one language to another.
(obsolete) The act of translating, or rendering, from one language into another language.
An account or description from a particular point of view, especially as contrasted with another account.
(computing) A particular revision (of software, firmware, CPU, etc.).
(medicine) A condition of the uterus in which its axis is deflected from its normal position without being bent upon itself. See anteversion and retroversion.
(ophthalmology) An eye movement involving both eyes moving synchronously and symmetrically in the same direction.
(obsolete, or, medicine) A change of form, direction, etc.; transformation; conversion.
* Francis Bacon
the act or result of modifying or the condition of being modified
an alteration or adjustment to something
* Jim's modification to the radio's tuning resulted in clearer sound.
a change to an organism as a result of its environment that is not transmissable to offspring
* Due to his sunbathing, Jim's body experienced modifications : he got a tan.
(linguistics) a change to a word when it is borrowed by another language
* The Chinese word "kòu tóu" had a modification made to become the English "kowtow" .
(linguistics) the change undergone by a word when used in a construction (for instance am'' => '' 'm'' in ''I'm )
As nouns the difference between version and modification
is that version is version while modification is the act or result of modifying or the condition of being modified.version
English
Noun
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- The version of air into water.