Transforming vs. Transform

Transforming vs. Transform — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Transforming and Transform

Transformingnoun

transformation

Transformverb

(transitive) To change greatly the appearance or form of.

The alchemists sought to transform lead into gold.

Transformverb

(transitive) To change the nature, condition or function of; to change in nature, disposition, heart, character, etc.; to convert.

Transformverb

To subject to a transformation; to change into another form without altering the value.

Transformverb

To subject to the action of a transformer.

Transformverb

To subject (a cell) to transformation.

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Transformverb

(intransitive) To undergo a transformation; to change in appearance or character.

Transformnoun

(mathematics) the result of a transformation

Transformverb

subject to a mathematical transformation

Transformverb

change or alter in form, appearance, or nature;

This experience transformed her completelyShe transformed the clay into a beautiful sculpturetransubstantiate one element into another

Transformverb

change in outward structure or looks;

He transformed into a monsterThe salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle

Transformverb

change from one form or medium into another;

Braque translated collage into oil
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Transformverb

convert (one form of energy) to another;

transform energy to light

Transformverb

change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related species

Transformverb

increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage)