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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