Transform vs. Transition — What's the Difference?

To change markedly the appearance or form of

The process or a period of changing from one state or condition to another

To change the nature, function, or condition of; convert

Undergo or cause to undergo a process or period of transition

(Mathematics) To subject to a transformation.

Change from one form, state, style, or place to another.

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

Change from one subject to another in discourse.

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

A word, phrase, sentence, or series of sentences connecting one part of a discourse to another.

To undergo a transformation.

Change from one key or tonality to another.

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

A passage connecting two themes or sections, usually changing to a new key or tonality.

(transitive) To change greatly the appearance or form of.

(Genetics) A point mutation in which a pyrimidine is replaced by another pyrimidine, or a purine is replaced by another purine.

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

(Sports) The process of changing from defense to offense or offense to defense without a stoppage in play, as in basketball or hockey.

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

A period during childbirth that precedes the expulsive phase of labor, characterized by strong uterine contractions and nearly complete cervical dilation.

To subject to the action of a transformer.

To make a transition.

To subject (a cell) to transformation.

(Sports) To change from defense to offense or offense to defense without a stoppage in play.

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

The process of change from one form, state, style or place to another.

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

A word or phrase connecting one part of a discourse to another.

(by extension) A function so produced.

(music) A brief modulation; a passage connecting two themes.

A transform fault.

(music) A change of key.

To change the form of; to change in shape or appearance; to metamorphose; as, a caterpillar is ultimately transformed into a butterfly.

(genetics) A point mutation in which one base is replaced by another of the same class (purine or pyrimidine); compare transversion.

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

A change from defense to attack, or attack to defense.

To change in nature, disposition, heart, character, or the like; to convert.

(medicine) The onset of the final stage of childbirth.

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

(education) Professional special education assistance for children or adults in the process of leaving one educational environment or support program for another to relatively more independent living.

To be changed in form; to be metamorphosed.

(skating) A change between forward and backward motion without stopping.

Subject to a mathematical transformation

(LGBT) The process or act of changing from one gender role to another, or of bringing one's outward appearance in line with one's internal gender identity.

Change or alter in form, appearance, or nature;

(aviation) A published procedure for instrument flight, coming between the departure and en-route phases of flight, or between en-route flight and an approach/landing procedure.

Change in outward structure or looks;

(euphemistic) Death; passing from life into death.

Change from one form or medium into another;

(intransitive) To make a transition.

Convert (one form of energy) to another;

(transitive) To bring through a transition; to change.

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

To change from one gender role to another, or bring one's outward appearance in line with one's internal gender identity.

Increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage)

Passage from one place or state to another; charge; as, the transition of the weather from hot to cold.

A direct or indirect passing from one key to another; a modulation.

A passing from one subject to another.

Change from one form to another.

The act of passing from one state or place to the next

An event that results in a transformation

A change from one place or state or subject or stage to another

A musical passage moving from one key to another

A passage that connects a topic to one that follows