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Modification vs Codification - What's the difference?

modification | codification |

As nouns the difference between modification and codification

is that modification is the act or result of modifying or the condition of being modified while codification is the process of precisely formulating a statement, as a code of laws .

modification

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • the act or result of modifying or the condition of being modified
  • an alteration or adjustment to something
  • * Jim's modification to the radio's tuning resulted in clearer sound.
  • a change to an organism as a result of its environment that is not transmissable to offspring
  • * Due to his sunbathing, Jim's body experienced modifications : he got a tan.
  • (linguistics) a change to a word when it is borrowed by another language
  • * The Chinese word "kòu tóu" had a modification made to become the English "kowtow" .
  • (linguistics) the change undergone by a word when used in a construction (for instance am'' => '' 'm'' in ''I'm )
  • codification

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The process of precisely formulating a statement, as a code of laws .
  • The taskforce spent months on the codification of their mandate, but when they were done all agreed they knew exactly what they were supposed to do.