different between mutation vs metamorphosis

English

Alternative forms

• mutat. (abbreviation)

Etymology

Late 14th century, from Latin mutationem, both directly and via Old French mutacion, form of Latin m?t? (“I move, I change, I vary”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mju?te???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

mutation (countable and uncountable, plural mutations)

1. Any alteration or change.
2. (genetics) Any heritable change of the base-pair sequence of genetic material.
3. A mutant.
4. (linguistics) An alteration a particular sound of a word, especially the initial consonant, which is triggered by the word's morphological or syntactic context and not by its phonological context.
5. (rare, collective noun) A group of thrushes.

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• Mount Tai

French

Etymology

From Middle French mutation, from Old French mutacion, borrowed from Latin mutatio, mutationem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /my.ta.sj??/

Noun

mutation f (plural mutations)

1. substitution
2. mutation

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Descendants

• ? Turkish: mutasyon

Further reading

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

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French mutacion, borrowed from Latin mutatio, mutationem.

Noun

mutation f (plural mutations)

1. change, alteration, mutation

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• muter

Descendants

• French: mutation

English

Etymology

First attested in 1533, from Latin metamorph?sis, from Ancient Greek ???????????? (metamórph?sis), from ???? (metá, “change”) + ????? (morph?, “form”). Analyzable as meta- +? -morph +? -osis

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?t??m??f?s?s/, /?m?t?m???f??s?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m????m??f?s?s/
• (one pronunciation) Rhymes: -??s?s
• Hyphenation: met?a?mor?pho?sis

Noun

metamorphosis (countable and uncountable, plural metamorphoses)

1. A transformation, such as one performed by magic.
2. A noticeable change in character, appearance, function or condition.
3. (biology) A change in the form and often habits of an animal after the embryonic stage during normal development. (e.g. the transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly or a tadpole into a frog.)
4. (pathology) A change in the structure of a specific body tissue. Usually degenerative.

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• metamorphic
• metamorphose
• metamorphosize
• metamorphism

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