Reformation vs. Transformation

Reformation vs. Transformation — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Reformation and Transformation

Reformationnoun

An improvement (or an intended improvement) in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices, etc.; intended to make a striking change for the better in social, political or religious affairs or in the conduct of persons or operation of organizations.

Transformationnoun

The act of transforming or the state of being transformed.

Reformationnoun

(law) Change or correction, by a court in equity, to a written instrument to conform to the original intention of the parties.

Transformationnoun

A marked change in appearance or character, especially one for the better.

Reformationnoun

improvement (or an intended improvement) in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices etc.; intended to make a striking change for the better in social or political or religious affairs

Transformationnoun

(mathematics) The replacement of the variables in an algebraic expression by their values in terms of another set of variables; a mapping of one space onto another or onto itself; a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system.

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Reformationnoun

a religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches

Transformationnoun

(linguistics) A rule that systematically converts one syntactic form into another; a sentence derived by such a rule.

Reformationnoun

rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course;

the reclamation of delinquent children

Transformationnoun

(genetics) The alteration of a bacterial cell caused by the transfer of DNA from another, especially if pathogenic.

Transformationnoun

Ideologically driven government policy - becoming more conformant with socialist and African nationalist groupthink.

Transformationnoun

a qualitative change

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Transformationnoun

(mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system

Transformationnoun

a rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure

Transformationnoun

(genetics) modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA

Transformationnoun

the act of changing in form or shape or appearance;

a photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface