The difference between Change and Transition
When used as nouns, change means the process of becoming different, whereas transition means the process of change from one form, state, style or place to another.
When used as verbs, change means to become something different, whereas transition means to make a transition.
check bellow for the other definitions of Change and Transition
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Change as a verb (intransitive):
To become something different.
Examples:
"The tadpole changed into a frog. Stock prices are constantly changing."
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Change as a verb (transitive, ergative):
To make something into something else.
Examples:
"The fairy changed the frog into a prince. I had to change the wording of the ad so it would fit."
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Change as a verb (transitive):
To replace.
Examples:
"Ask the janitor to come and change the lightbulb. After a brisk walk, I washed up and changed my shirt."
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Change as a verb (intransitive):
To replace one's clothing.
Examples:
"You can't go into the dressing room while she's changing. The clowns changed into their costumes before the circus started."
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Change as a verb (transitive):
To replace the clothing of (the one wearing it).
Examples:
"It's your turn to change the baby."
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Change as a verb (intransitive):
To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.)
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Change as a verb (archaic):
To exchange.
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Change as a verb (transitive):
To change hand while riding (a horse).
Examples:
"to change a horse"
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Change as a noun (countable):
The process of becoming different.
Examples:
"The product is undergoing a change in order to improve it."
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Change as a noun (uncountable):
Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
Examples:
"Can I get change for this $100 bill please?"
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Change as a noun (countable):
A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes
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Change as a noun (uncountable):
Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
Examples:
"A customer who pays with a 10-pound note for a £9 item receives one pound in change."
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Change as a noun (uncountable):
Coins (as opposed to paper money).
Examples:
"Do you have any change on you? I need to make a phone call."
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Change as a noun (countable):
A transfer between vehicles.
Examples:
"The train journey from Bristol to Nottingham includes a change at Birmingham."
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Change as a noun (baseball):
A change-up pitch.
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Change as a noun (campanology):
Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
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Change as a noun (dated):
A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
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Change as a noun (Scotland, dated):
A public house; an alehouse.
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Transition as a noun:
The process of change from one form, state, style or place to another.
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Transition as a noun:
A word or phrase connecting one part of a discourse to another.
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Transition as a noun (music):
A brief modulation; a passage connecting two themes.
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Transition as a noun (music):
A change of key.
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Transition as a noun (genetics):
A point mutation in which one base is replaced by another of the same class (purine or pyrimidine); compare transversion.
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Transition as a noun (some, _, sports):
A change from defense to attack, or attack to defense.
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Transition as a noun (medicine):
The onset of the final stage of childbirth.
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Transition as a noun (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.
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Transition as a noun (skating):
A change between forward and backward motion without stopping.
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Transition as a noun (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.
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Transition as a verb (intransitive):
To make a transition.
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Transition as a verb (transitive):
To bring through a transition; to change.
Examples:
"The soldier was transitioned from a combat role to a strategic role."
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Transition as a verb (intransitive, LGBT):
To change from one gender role to another, or bring one's outward appearance in line with one's internal gender identity.