Modification vs Emendation - What's the difference?
modification | emendation |
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 )
The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement.
* 1922, , Vintage Classics, paperback edition, page 157
Alteration by editorial criticism, as of a text so as to give a better reading; removal of errors or corruptions from a document.
As nouns the difference between modification and emendation
is that modification is the act or result of modifying or the condition of being modified while emendation is the act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement.modification
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(en noun)External links
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(en noun)- Then, less melodiously, dissenters of different sects issue a cantankerous emendation .
- The book might be improved by judicious emendations .