retrofit vs transition

retrofit

verb
  • To give new characteristics or make alterations (to someone or something) to suit them to changed circumstances. 

  • To supply (a device, structure, etc.) with new components or parts that were not previously available or installed; to modernize. 

  • Synonym of backport (“to retroactively supply a fix or feature to a previous version of a software product at the same time or after supplying it to the current version.”) 

  • To supply a device, structure, etc., with new components or parts that were not previously available or installed. 

  • To add or substitute (new components or parts) that were not previously available for or installed in a device, structure, etc. 

noun
  • An act of supplying a device, structure, etc., with new components or parts that were not previously available or installed; a retrofitting. 

  • A change made to a device, structure, etc., by introducing components or parts that were not previously available or installed. 

transition

verb
  • To bring through a transition; to change. 

  • To make a transition. 

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

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

  • A published procedure for instrument flight, coming between the departure and en-route phases of flight, or between en-route flight and an approach/landing procedure. 

  • 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. 

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

  • Death; passing from life into death. 

  • A change between forward and backward motion without stopping. 

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

  • A change of key. 

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

  • A brief modulation; a passage connecting two themes. 

  • 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. 

  • The onset of the final stage of childbirth. 

How often have the words retrofit and transition occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )