take office vs adopt

take office and adopt both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
take office	No	No	Yes	No
adopt	No	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of take office include accede, enter, assume, take on, take over.

take office (verb)	adopt (verb)
assume an office, duty, or title	take into one's family
	take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
	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