Transition
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To make a transition.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: the process of change from one form, state, style or place to another a word or phrase connecting one part of a discourse to another a brief modulation; a passage connecting two themes a point mutation in which one base is replaced by another of the same class (purine or pyrimidine); compare transversion (some sports) a change from defense to attack, or attack to defense the onset of the final stage of childbirth
Example sentence: Innumerable confusions and a feeling of despair invariably emerge in periods of great technological and cultural transition.
Conversion
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The act of having converted something or someone.A chemical reaction wherein a substrate is transformed into a product.A free-kick, after scoring a try, worth two points.extra point scored by kicking a field goal after scoring a touchdown.An online advertising performance metric representing a visitor performing whatever the intended result of an ad is defined to be.Under the common law, the tort of the taking of someone's personal property with intent to permanently deprive them of it, or damaging property to the extent that the owner is deprived of the utility of that property, thus making the tortfeasor liable for the entire value of the property.the process whereby a new word is created without changing the form, often by allowing the word to function as a new part of speech.
Example sentence: I read Freud's Introductory Lectures in Psychoanalysis in basically one sitting. I decided to enroll in medical school. It was almost like a conversion experience.