Adopt vs. Implement

Adoptverb

(transitive) To take by choice into relationship (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.)

Adoptverb

(transitive) To take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child.

Adoptverb

(transitive) To obtain (a pet) from a shelter or the wild.

Adoptverb

(transitive) To take by choice into the scope of one's responsibility.

Adoptverb

(transitive) To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally.

Adoptverb

(transitive) To select and take or approve.

Adoptverb

To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.; esp. to take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child.

Adoptverb

To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally; to select and take or approve; as, to adopt the view or policy of another; these resolutions were adopted.

Adoptverb

choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans;

Adoptverb

take up and practice as one's own

Adoptverb

take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities;

Adoptverb

take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect;

Adoptverb

take into one's family;

Adoptverb

put into dramatic form;

Adoptverb

take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own;

Adoptverb

legally take (another's child) and bring it up as one's own

Adoptverb

choose to take up or follow (an idea, method, or course of action)

Adoptverb

choose and move to (a country or city) as one's permanent place of residence.

Adoptverb

take on or assume (an attitude or position)

Adoptverb

choose (someone) as a candidate for office

Adoptverb

formally approve or accept (a report or suggestion)

Adoptverb

(of a local authority) accept responsibility for the maintenance of (a road).

Implementnoun

A tool or instrument for working with.

Implementverb

to bring about; to put into practice

Implementverb

to carry out; to do

Implementnoun

That which fulfills or supplies a want or use; esp., an instrument, tool, or utensil, as supplying a requisite to an end; as, the implements of trade, of husbandry, or of war.

Implementverb

To accomplish; to fulfill.

Implementverb

To provide with an implement or implements; to cause to be fulfilled, satisfied, or carried out, by means of an implement or implements.

Implementverb

To fulfill or perform, as a contract or an engagement.

Implementnoun

instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end

Implementverb

apply in a manner consistent with its purpose or design;

Implementverb

ensure observance of laws and rules;

Implementverb

pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue;

Implementnoun

a tool, utensil, or other piece of equipment that is used for a particular purpose

Implementnoun

performance of an obligation.

Implementverb

put (a decision, plan, agreement, etc.) into effect