write vs adopt

write and adopt both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
write	No	No	Yes	No
adopt	No	No	Yes	No

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

write (verb)	adopt (verb)
communicate or express by writing	take into one's family
record data on a computer	take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
contact in writing	take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
produce a literary work	put into dramatic form
mark or trace words or symbols on a surface	take up and practice as one's own
write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word)	choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
write music	take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
create code, write a computer program