adjustment vs adaptation

adjustment and adaptation both are nouns.

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

As nouns, adaptation is a hyponym of adjustment; that is, adaptation 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)
adaptation: (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)

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

As nouns, adjustment and adaptation are synonyms defined as:

adjustment and adaptation: the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)

Other synonyms of adjustment include adaption.

adjustment (noun)	adaptation (noun)
the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)	(physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)
the act of adjusting something to match a standard	a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form
making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances	the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)
an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances
the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)

adjustment vs adaptation

adjustment and adaptation both are nouns.

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