Adapt vs. Adjust

Adaptverb

(transitive) To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit

Adaptverb

(transitive) To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust

Adaptverb

(transitive) To make by altering or fitting something else; to produce by change of form or character

Adaptverb

(intransitive) To change oneself so as to be adapted.

Adaptadjective

Adapted; fit; suited; suitable.

Adaptadjective

Fitted; suited.

Adaptverb

To make suitable; to fit, or suit; to adjust; to alter so as to fit for a new use; - sometimes followed by to or for.

Adaptverb

make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose;

Adaptverb

adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions;

Adjustverb

(transitive) To modify.

Adjustverb

(transitive) To improve or rectify.

Adjustverb

(transitive) To settle an insurance claim.

Adjustverb

(intransitive) To change to fit circumstances.

Adjustverb

To make exact; to fit; to make correspondent or conformable; to bring into proper relations; as, to adjust a garment to the body, or things to a standard.

Adjustverb

To put in order; to regulate, or reduce to system.

Adjustverb

To settle or bring to a satisfactory state, so that parties are agreed in the result; as, to adjust accounts; the differences are adjusted.

Adjustverb

To bring to a true relative position, as the parts of an instrument; to regulate for use; as, to adjust a telescope or microscope.

Adjustverb

alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard;

Adjustverb

place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight;

Adjustverb

adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions;

Adjustverb

make correspondent or conformable;

Adjustverb

decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim