choose vs adopt

adopt vs choose

choose and adopt both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
choose	No	No	Yes	No
adopt	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, adopt is a hyponym of choose; that is, adopt is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than choose:

choose: pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
adopt: choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans

Other hyponyms of choose include empanel, impanel, panel, anoint, field, sieve, sift, draw, dial, go, plump, pick, elect, excerpt, extract, take out, cull out, winnow, cream off, skim off, pick over, sieve out, assign, set apart, specify, single out, think of, define, determine, fix, limit, set, specify, espouse, follow, screen, screen out, sieve, sort, vote in, elect, nominate, propose, vote.

choose (verb)	adopt (verb)
pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives	take into one's family
see fit or proper to act in a certain way; decide to act in a certain way	take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
select as an alternative over another	take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
	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 choose and adopt

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