adjustment vs differentiation

differentiation vs adjustment

adjustment and differentiation both are nouns.

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

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

adjustment: the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)
differentiation: (biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function

Other hyponyms of adjustment include acclimation, acclimatisation, acclimatization, dedifferentiation, domestication, specialisation, specialization.

adjustment (noun)	differentiation (noun)
the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)	the mathematical process of obtaining the derivative of a function
the act of adjusting something to match a standard	a discrimination between things as different and distinct on the basis of their characteristics or attributes
making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances	(biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function
an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances
the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)

Difference between adjustment and differentiation

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