shakedown vs accommodation

accommodation vs shakedown

shakedown and accommodation both are nouns.

shakedown is an adjective but accommodation is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
shakedown	Yes	Yes	No	No
accommodation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, accommodation is a hypernym of shakedown; that is, accommodation is a word with a broader meaning than shakedown:

shakedown: initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state
accommodation: making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances

Other hypernyms of shakedown include adjustment, fitting.

shakedown (noun)	accommodation (noun)
extortion of money (as by blackmail)	the act of providing something (lodging or seat or food) to meet a need
a very thorough search of a person or a place	(physiology) the automatic adjustment in focal length of the natural lens of the eye
initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state	living quarters provided for public convenience
	in the theories of Jean Piaget: the modification of internal representations in order to accommodate a changing knowledge of reality
	a settlement of differences
	making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances

shakedown (adjective)	accommodation (adjective)
intended to test a new system under operating conditions and to familiarize the operators with the system

Difference between shakedown and accommodation

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