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Conform vs. Transform — What's the Difference?

Conform vs. Transform — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Conform and Transform

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Conform

To be or act in accord with a set of standards, expectations, or specifications
A computer that conforms with the manufacturer's advertising claims.
Students learning to conform to school safety rules.

Transform

To be changed in form; to be metamorphosed.
His hair transforms to down.

Conform

To act, often unquestioningly, in accordance with traditional customs or prevailing standards
"Our table manners ... change from time to time, but the changes are not reasoned out.
We merely notice and conform" (Mark Twain).

Transform

To change markedly the appearance or form of
"A thick, fibrous fog had transformed the trees into ghosts and the streetlights into soft, haloed moons" (David Michael Kaplan).

Conform

To be similar in form or pattern
A windy road that conforms to the coastline.
A shirt that conforms to different body shapes.
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Transform

To change the nature, function, or condition of; convert
A steam engine transforms heat into mechanical energy.

Conform

To bring into accord or agreement; cause to correspond or comply
"a woman who has conformed herself to the male-designed image of virtuous widowhood so that she can live in peace" (Jennifer Panek).

Transform

(Mathematics) To subject to a transformation.

Conform

To act in accordance with expectations; to behave in the manner of others, especially as a result of social pressure.

Transform

(Electricity) To subject to the action of a transformer.

Conform

To be in accordance with a set of specifications or regulations, or with a policy or guideline.

Transform

(Genetics) To subject (a cell) to transformation.

Conform

(transitive) To make similar in form or nature; to make suitable for a purpose; to adapt.

Transform

To undergo a transformation.

Conform

Of the same form; similar in import; conformable.
Care must be taken that the interpretation be every way conform to the analogy of faith.

Transform

The result, especially a mathematical quantity or linguistic construction, of a transformation.

Conform

To shape in accordance with; to make like; to bring into harmony or agreement with; - usually with to or unto.
Demand of them wherefore they conform not themselves unto the order of the church.

Transform

(transitive) To change greatly the appearance or form of.
The alchemists sought to transform lead into gold.

Conform

To be in accord or harmony; to comply; to be obedient; to submit; - with to or with.
A rule to which experience must conform.

Transform

(transitive) To change the nature, condition or function of; to change in nature, disposition, heart, character, etc.; to convert.

Conform

To comply with the usages of the Established Church; to be a conformist.
About two thousand ministers whose consciences did not suffer them to conform were driven from their benefices in a day.

Transform

To subject to a transformation; to change into another form without altering the value.

Conform

Be similar, be in line with

Transform

To subject to the action of a transformer.

Conform

Adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions;
We must adjust to the bad economic situation

Transform

To subject (a cell) to transformation.

Transform

(intransitive) To undergo a transformation; to change in appearance or character.

Transform

(analysis) An operation (often an integration) that converts one function into another.

Transform

(by extension) A function so produced.

Transform

A transform fault.

Transform

To change the form of; to change in shape or appearance; to metamorphose; as, a caterpillar is ultimately transformed into a butterfly.
Love may transform me to an oyster.

Transform

To change into another substance; to transmute; as, the alchemists sought to transform lead into gold.

Transform

To change in nature, disposition, heart, character, or the like; to convert.
Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.

Transform

To change, as an algebraic expression or geometrical figure, into another from without altering its value.

Transform

Subject to a mathematical transformation

Transform

Change or alter in form, appearance, or nature;
This experience transformed her completely
She transformed the clay into a beautiful sculpture
Transubstantiate one element into another

Transform

Change in outward structure or looks;
He transformed into a monster
The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle

Transform

Change from one form or medium into another;
Braque translated collage into oil

Transform

Convert (one form of energy) to another;
Transform energy to light

Transform

Change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related species

Transform

Increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage)

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