An event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another.

synonyms: change, modification.

Roget 20a: variation; alteration etc. (change) 140.    modification, moods and tenses; discrepance^†, discrepancy.    divergency etc. 291; deviation etc. 279; aberration; innovation.    ... show more

Roget 140: change, alteration, mutation, permutation, variation, modification, modulation, inflexion, mood, qualification, innovation, metastasis, deviation, turn, evolution, revolution; diversion; break.    transformation, transfiguration; metamorphosis; transmutation; deoxidization [Chem]; transubstantiation; [Genetics], mutagenesis transanimation^†, transmigration, metempsychosis^†; avatar; alterative.    conversion etc. (gradual change) 144; revolution etc. (sudden or radical change) 146, inversion etc. (reversal) 218; displacement etc. 185; transference etc. 270.    changeableness etc. 149; tergiversation etc. (change of mind) 607.    ... show more

Roget 15: difference; variance, variation, variety; diversity, dissimilarity etc. 18; disagreement etc. 24; disparity etc. (inequality) 28; distinction, contradistinction; alteration.    modification, permutation, moods and tenses.    nice distinction, fine distinction, delicate distinction, subtle distinction; shade of difference, nuance; discrimination etc. 465; differentia.    different thing, something else, apple off another tree, another pair of shoes; horse of a different color; this that or the other.    ... show more

Dutch: afwisseling, alternantie, alternatie, alternering, variatie, variëteit, verandering
Polish: odmiana, zmiana

The act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment).

synonyms: adjustment, modification.

Dutch: modificatie, aanpassing, mutatie
Polish: modyfikacja

The act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification).

synonym: revision.

Dutch: herziening, redres, revisie
Polish: rewizja