adjudicate vs adjust

adjudicate and adjust both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
adjudicate	No	No	Yes	No
adjust	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, adjust is a hyponym of adjudicate; that is, adjust is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than adjudicate:

Other hyponyms of adjudicate include judge.

adjudicate (verb)	adjust (verb)
bring to an end; settle conclusively	alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of	adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions
	make correspondent or conformable
	place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight
	decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim