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shakedown vs adjustment

adjustment vs shakedown

shakedown and adjustment both are nouns.

shakedown is an adjective but adjustment is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
shakedown Yes Yes No No
adjustment Yes No No No
As nouns, adjustment is a hypernym of shakedown; that is, adjustment 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
  • adjustment: making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
Other hypernyms of shakedown include accommodation, fitting.
shakedown (noun) adjustment (noun)
extortion of money (as by blackmail) the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
a very thorough search of a person or a place the act of adjusting something to match a standard
initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state 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)
shakedown (adjective) adjustment (adjective)
intended to test a new system under operating conditions and to familiarize the operators with the system
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