adjustment vs deduction

deduction vs adjustment

adjustment and deduction both are nouns.

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

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

adjustment: an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances
deduction: an amount or percentage deducted

Other hyponyms of adjustment include cost-of-living allowance, depreciation allowance, discount, seasonal adjustment, tare, extra duty allowance, extraneous duty allowance, special duty allowance.

adjustment (noun)	deduction (noun)
the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)	the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole)
the act of adjusting something to match a standard	the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise
making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances	reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)
an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances	something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)
the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)	an amount or percentage deducted
	a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer's income bracket

Difference between adjustment and deduction

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