seasonal adjustment vs adjustment

adjustment vs seasonal adjustment

seasonal adjustment and adjustment both are nouns.

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

As nouns, adjustment is a hypernym of seasonal adjustment; that is, adjustment is a word with a broader meaning than seasonal adjustment:

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

Other hypernyms of seasonal adjustment include allowance.

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

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