Transpose vs Transplant - What's the Difference?

Transplant

Transpose

Definitions

Definition as Noun
  • (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient
  • an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient)
  • the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location
Definition as Noun
  • a matrix formed by interchanging the rows and columns of a given matrix
Definition as Verb
  • be transplantable
  • place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient
  • lift and reset in another soil or situation
  • transfer from one place or period to another
Definition as Verb
  • transfer a quantity from one side of an equation to the other side reversing its sign, in order to maintain equality
  • put (a piece of music) into another key
  • change key
  • exchange positions without a change in value
  • cause to change places
  • change the order or arrangement of
  • transfer from one place or period to another

Examples

  • "he had a kidney transplant"; "the long-term results of cardiac transplantation are now excellent"; "a child had a multiple organ transplant two months ago"
  • "the transplant did not flower until the second year"; "too frequent transplanting is not good for families"; "she returned to Alabama because she could not bear transplantation"
  • "These delicate plants do not transplant easily"
  • "transplant the young rice plants"
  • "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America"
  • "Can you transpose this fugue into G major?"
  • "These operators commute with each other"
  • "interchange this screw for one of a smaller size"
  • "Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word"
  • "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America"

Parts of Speech

Noun, Verb
Noun, Verb