Transition vs. Transformation

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

Transitionnoun

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

Transformationnoun

The act of transforming or the state of being transformed.

Transitionnoun

A word or phrase connecting one part of a discourse to another.

Transformationnoun

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

Transitionnoun

(music) A brief modulation; a passage connecting two themes.

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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Transitionnoun

(music) A change of key.

Transformationnoun

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

Transitionnoun

(genetics) A point mutation in which one base is replaced by another of the same class (purine or pyrimidine); compare transversion.

Transformationnoun

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

Transitionnoun

A change from defense to attack, or attack to defense.

Transformationnoun

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

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Transitionnoun

(medicine) The onset of the final stage of childbirth.

Transformationnoun

a qualitative change

Transitionnoun

(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.

Transformationnoun

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

Transitionnoun

(skating) A change between forward and backward motion without stopping.

Transformationnoun

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

Transitionnoun

(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.

Transformationnoun

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

Transitionverb

(intransitive) To make a transition.

Transformationnoun

the act of changing in form or shape or appearance;

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

Transitionverb

(transitive) To bring through a transition; to change.

The soldier was transitioned from a combat role to a strategic role.

Transitionverb

To change from one gender role to another, or bring one's outward appearance in line with one's internal gender identity.

Transitionnoun

the act of passing from one state or place to the next

Transitionnoun

an event that results in a transformation

Transitionnoun

a change from one place or state or subject or stage to another

Transitionnoun

a musical passage moving from one key to another

Transitionnoun

a passage that connects a topic to one that follows