Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-45444155-20200728155230/@comment-3279282-20200801022209

Exactly.

And to answer the question of "Why is it accepted at this forum that Sage Transformation and Sage Mode is one and the same?"

Because the databook says so. If the OP would ever actually read articles and references, he'd know that. But spamming threads and enforcing fruitless discussions seems to be trend here recently, huh? Do we even still have any forum mods around?