adjustment vs accommodation

adjustment and accommodation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
adjustment	Yes	No	No	No
accommodation	Yes	No	No	No

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

adjustment: the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
accommodation: (physiology) the automatic adjustment in focal length of the natural lens of the eye

Other hyponyms of adjustment include laxation, loosening, tightening, adaptation, tune.

As nouns, adjustment and accommodation are synonyms defined as:

adjustment and accommodation: making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances

Other synonyms of adjustment include fitting.

adjustment (noun)	accommodation (noun)
the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)	the act of providing something (lodging or seat or food) to meet a need
the act of adjusting something to match a standard	(physiology) the automatic adjustment in focal length of the natural lens of the eye
making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances	living quarters provided for public convenience
an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances	in the theories of Jean Piaget: the modification of internal representations in order to accommodate a changing knowledge of reality
the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)	a settlement of differences
	making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances

adjustment vs accommodation

adjustment and accommodation both are nouns.

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