(n.) Change; alteration, either in form or qualities\.

ablaut acoustic phonetics alteration altering anomaly articulatory phonetics avatar betacism catabolism catalysis change changing consubstantiation departure deviant deviation displacement evolution evolving gradation heterotopia innovation metabolism metagenesis metamorphism metamorphosing metamorphosis metastasis metathesis metempsychosis modification modifying morphophonemics mutant mutated form novelty orthoepy permutation phonetics phonology reincarnation rhotacism sound shift sport transanimation transfiguration transfigurement transformation transforming transformism translation translocation transmigration transmogrification transmutation transmuting transposition transubstantiation turn umlaut variant variation varying vicissitude