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adopt vs choose

choose vs adopt

adopt and choose both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
adopt No No Yes No
choose No No Yes No
As verbs, choose is a hypernym of adopt; that is, choose is a word with a broader meaning than adopt:
  • adopt: choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
  • choose: pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
Other hypernyms of adopt include pick out, select, take.
adopt (verb) choose (verb)
take into one's family pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect see fit or proper to act in a certain way; decide to act in a certain way
take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own select as an alternative over another
put into dramatic form
take up and practice as one's own
choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
Difference between adopt and choose

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