different between modifier vs modification

English

Etymology

modify +? -er

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?d?fa??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m?d?fa??/
• Hyphenation: mod?i?fi?er

Noun

modifier (plural modifiers)

1. One who, or that which, modifies.
2. (grammar) A word, phrase, or clause that limits or qualifies the sense of another word or phrase.
3. (programming) A keyword that qualifies the meaning of other code.

Synonyms

• qualifier

Derived terms

Related terms

• postmodifier
• premodifier

Translations

French

Etymology

From Latin modific?, modific?re, from modus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?.di.fje/

Verb

modifier

1. to change, modify

Conjugation

Related terms

• modifiable
  • immodifiable
  • modifiabilité
• modification
  • modificateur
• modifieur

Further reading

• “modifier” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French modification, from Latin modificatio (“a measuring”), from modificare (“to limit, control, modify”); see modify.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m?d?f??ke???n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?d?f??ke???n/
• Hyphenation: mod?i?fi?ca?tion
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

modification (countable and uncountable, plural modifications)

1. (obsolete, philosophy) The form of existence belonging to a particular object, entity etc.; a mode of being. [17th–19th c.]
   • 1792, Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Penguin 2004, p. 72:

     Pleasure is the business of woman's life, according to the present modification of society […].

2. (linguistics) the change undergone by a word when used in a construction (for instance am => 'm in I'm) [from 17th c.]
3. The result of modifying something; a new or changed form. [from 17th c.]
4. The act of making a change to something while keeping its essential character intact; an alteration or adjustment. [from 18th c.]
   • Jim's modification to the radio's tuning resulted in clearer sound.
5. (biology) A change to an organism as a result of its environment that is not transmissable to offspring. [from 19th c.]
   • Due to his sunbathing, Jim's body experienced modifications: he got a tan.
6. (linguistics) a change to a word when it is borrowed by another language
   • The Chinese word "kòu tóu" had a modification made to become the English "kowtow".

Related terms

• modify
• modifier

Translations

Further reading

• modification in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• modification in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• domification

French

Etymology

From Latin modific?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?.di.fi.ka.sj??/

Noun

modification f (plural modifications)

1. modification

   Synonyms: altération, transformation

Related terms

• modifiable
• modificateur
• modifier
• modifieur

Further reading

• “modification” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).