What is the difference between the terms transformation and map?

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Recently I noticed the usage of map in my topology book, and got confused because I already saw the term transformation somewhere. Both have the form $T:a\to b$, so what is the difference? Are they interchangeable?

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In most cases, transformation is linear or affine. The map is an arbitrary function.