adaptation vs acclimatisation

acclimatisation vs adaptation

adaptation and acclimatisation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
adaptation	Yes	No	No	No
acclimatisation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, acclimatisation is a hyponym of adaptation; that is, acclimatisation is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than adaptation:

adaptation: the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)
acclimatisation: adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment)

Other hyponyms of adaptation include acclimation, acclimatization, dedifferentiation, domestication, differentiation, specialisation, specialization.

adaptation (noun)	acclimatisation (noun)
(physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)	adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment)
a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form
the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)

Difference between adaptation and acclimatisation

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