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shakedown vs fitting

fitting vs shakedown

shakedown and fitting both are nouns.

shakedown and fitting both are adjectives.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
shakedown Yes Yes No No
fitting Yes Yes No No
As nouns, fitting is a hypernym of shakedown; that is, fitting 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
  • fitting: making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
Other hypernyms of shakedown include accommodation, adjustment.
shakedown (noun) fitting (noun)
extortion of money (as by blackmail) putting clothes on to see whether they fit
a very thorough search of a person or a place a small and often standardized accessory to a larger system
initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state (usually in the plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel)
making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
shakedown (adjective) fitting (adjective)
intended to test a new system under operating conditions and to familiarize the operators with the system being precisely fitting and right
in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion
Difference between shakedown and fitting

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