change vs transformation

change

noun
  • The process of becoming different. 

  • A change-up pitch. 

  • An amount of cash, usually in the form of coins, but sometimes inclusive of paper money. 

  • Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination. 

  • Balance of money returned from the sum paid after deducting the price of a purchase. 

  • A transfer between vehicles. 

  • Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale. 

  • A replacement. 

verb
  • To replace one's clothing. 

  • To replace the clothing of (the one wearing it). 

  • To change hand while riding (a horse). 

  • To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.) 

  • To become something different. 

  • To make something into something else. 

  • To replace. 

transformation

noun
  • The act of transforming or the state of being transformed. 

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

  • 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. 

  • The transition from the apartheid era to a multiracial democracy in South Africa. 

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

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

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