Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-45444155-20200728155230/@comment-3523655-20200801032545

Directly from their respective pages:


 * "Sage Mode is an empowered state that can be entered by blending natural energy with one's chakra, creating senjutsu chakra."


 * "Sage Transformation (仙人化, Senninka) is a way of attaining Sage Mode"

A way of attaining Sage Mode. Not "IS Sage Mode".

LegionZero wrote: anybody that uses senjutsu is considered a Sage of some sort.

Seelentau wrote: Exactly.

By using the transformation, Jugo, Kabuto and Mitsuki enter variant forms/subforms of Sage Mode.

Transformation --> ACTION of turning into something else.

The "Super Saiyan transformation" is when Goku's hair BECOMES yellow. "Super Saiyan" is the state Goku IS IN when his hair is yellow.

Sage Mode is a state. Sage Transformation is one of many methods to reach that state.