adjustment vs seasonal adjustment

seasonal adjustment vs adjustment

adjustment and seasonal adjustment both are nouns.

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

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

adjustment: an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances
seasonal adjustment: a statistical adjustment made to accommodate predictable fluctuations as a function of the season of the year

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

adjustment (noun)	seasonal adjustment (noun)
the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)	a statistical adjustment made to accommodate predictable fluctuations as a function of the season of the year
the act of adjusting something to match a standard
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 seasonal adjustment

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