adaptation vs dark adaptation

dark adaptation vs adaptation

adaptation and dark adaptation both are nouns.

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

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

adaptation: (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)
dark adaptation: the process of adjusting the eyes to low levels of illumination; cones adapt first; rods continue to adapt for up to four hours

Other hyponyms of adaptation include light adaptation.

adaptation (noun)	dark adaptation (noun)
(physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)	the process of adjusting the eyes to low levels of illumination; cones adapt first; rods continue to adapt for up to four hours
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 dark adaptation

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