alteration

Main Entry:
alteration [awl-tuh-rey-shuhn]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: change
Synonyms: about-face, accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, amendment, conversion, correction, difference, diversification, exchange, fixing, flip-flop, metamorphosis, mid-course correction, modification, mutation, reformation, remodeling, reshaping, revision, shift, switch, switch-over, transformation, transmutation, turn, variance, variation
Main Entry: adjustment
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: adaptation
Synonyms: acclimation, acclimatization, alteration, arrangement, balancing, conformance, correcting, fitting, fixing, improvement, mending, modification, ordering, organization, organizing, orientation, readjustment, redress, regulating, regulation, repairing, setting, shaping, standardization, turning
Main Entry: amendment
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: correction, improvement
Synonyms: alteration, amelioration, betterment, change, correction, enhancement, improvement, mending, modification, rectification, reform, reformation, remedy, repair, revision
Antonyms: worsening
Main Entry: amendment
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: addition to a document
Synonyms: act, addendum, adjunct, alteration, attachment, bill, clarification, clause, codicil, measure, modification, motion, revision, rider, suggestion, supplement
Main Entry: conversion
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: change, adaptation
Synonyms: about-face, alteration, born again, change of heart, changeover, exchange, flip-flop, flux, growth, innovation, metamorphosis, metanoia, metasis, modification, novelty, passage, passing, permutation, progress, proselytization, qualification, reclamation, reconstruction, reformation, regeneration, remodelling, reorganization, resolution, resolving, reversal, see the light, switch, transfiguration, transformation, translation, transmogrification, transmutation, turning, turning around
Antonyms: idleness, sameness
Main Entry: correction
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: adjustment; fixing
Synonyms: alteration, amelioration, amending, amendment, changing, editing, emendation, improvement, indemnification, mending, modification, rectification, redress, reexamination, remodeling, repair, reparation, rereading, revisal, revising, righting
Antonyms: blunder, goof, mistake
Main Entry: deviation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: change, departure
Synonyms: aberration, alteration, anomaly, breach, crotch, deflection, detour, difference, digression, discrepancy, disparity, divergence, diversion, fluctuation, fork, hereticism, inconsistency, irregularity, modification, shift, transgression, turning, variance, variation
Antonyms: conformity, sameness, straightforwardness, uniformity
Main Entry: difference
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: dissimilarity, distinctness
Synonyms: aberration, alteration, anomaly, antithesis, asymmetry, change, characteristic, contrariety, contrariness, contrast, departure, deviation, digression, discongruity, discrepancy, disparity, dissemblance, distinction, divergence, diversity, exception, heterogeneity, idiosyncrasy, inequality, irregularity, nonconformity, opposition, particularity, peculiarity, separateness, separation, singularity, unconformity, unlikeness, unorthodoxness, variance, variation, variety
Notes: deference is a courteous expression of regard or respect, while difference is the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
deferential means showing courteous expression of regard or respect; difference is the quality of being unlike or dissimilar; differential means relating to or showing a difference or the quality of the difference between similar things
Antonyms: accord, agreement, alikeness, concurrence, conformity, likeness, sameness, similarity, uniformity
Main Entry: divergence
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: branching out; difference
Synonyms: aberration, alteration, alterity, crotch, deflection, departure, detour, deviation, digression, disagreeing, discrepancy, disparity, dissemblance, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, distinction, divagation, divergency, diversity, division, fork, mutation, otherness, parting, radiation, ramification, separation, turning, unlikeness, variety, varying
Antonyms: accord, agreement, concord, convergence, harmony, sameness
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