WordCmp.com

adjustment vs habituation

habituation vs adjustment

adjustment and habituation both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
adjustment Yes No No No
habituation Yes No No No
As nouns, habituation is a hyponym of adjustment; that is, habituation is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than adjustment:
  • adjustment: making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
  • habituation: a general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions
Other hyponyms of adjustment include readjustment, domestication, shakedown.
adjustment (noun) habituation (noun)
the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) a general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions
the act of adjusting something to match a standard being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
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 habituation

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.