Transform vs. Transubstantiation — What's the Difference?

To change markedly the appearance or form of

Transubstantiation (Latin: transubstantiatio; Greek: μετουσίωσις metousiosis) is, according to the teaching of the Catholic Church, "the change of the whole substance of bread into the substance of the Body of Christ and of the whole substance of wine into the substance of his Blood. This change is brought about in the eucharistic prayer through the efficacy of the word of Christ and by the action of the Holy Spirit.

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

Conversion of one substance into another.

(Mathematics) To subject to a transformation.

In many Christian churches, the doctrine holding that the bread and wine of the Eucharist are transformed into the body and blood of Jesus, although their appearances remain the same.

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

(Roman Catholic) The doctrine holding that the bread and wine of the Eucharist are essentially transformed into the body and blood of Jesus.

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

(by extension) Conversion of one substance into another.

To undergo a transformation.

A change into another substance.

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

The doctrine held by Roman Catholics, that the bread and wine in the Mass is converted into the body and blood of Christ; - distinguished from consubstantiation, and impanation.

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

The Roman Catholic doctrine that the whole substance of the bread and the wine changes into the substance of the body and blood of Christ when consecrated in the Eucharist

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

An act that changes the form or character or substance of something

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

To subject to the action of a transformer.

To subject (a cell) to transformation.

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

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

(by extension) A function so produced.

A transform fault.

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

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

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

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

To be changed in form; to be metamorphosed.

Subject to a mathematical transformation

Change or alter in form, appearance, or nature;

Change in outward structure or looks;

Change from one form or medium into another;

Convert (one form of energy) to another;

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

Increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage)