Appropriate vs. Apt

Appropriateadjective

Suitable or fit; proper.

Appropriateadjective

Suitable to the social situation or to social respect or social discreetness; socially correct; socially discreet; well-mannered; proper.

Appropriateadjective

(obsolete) Set apart for a particular use or person; reserved.

Appropriateverb

To make suitable; to suit.

Appropriateverb

(transitive) To take to oneself; to claim or use, especially as by an exclusive right.

Appropriateverb

(transitive) To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, especially in exclusion of all others; with to or for.

Appropriateverb

To annex (for example a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property).

Appropriateadjective

Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.

Appropriateverb

To take to one's self in exclusion of others; to claim or use as by an exclusive right; as, let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit.

Appropriateverb

To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, in exclusion of all others; - with to or for; as, a spot of ground is appropriated for a garden; to appropriate money for the increase of the navy.

Appropriateverb

To make suitable; to suit.

Appropriateverb

To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property.

Appropriatenoun

A property; attribute.

Appropriateverb

give or assign a share of money or time to a particular person or cause;

Appropriateverb

take possession of by force, as after an invasion;

Appropriateadjective

suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc;

Appropriateadjective

appropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack of concern for fairness

Appropriateadjective

meant or adapted for an occasion or use;

Appropriateadjective

suitable and fitting;

Appropriateadjective

being of striking appropriateness and pertinence;

Aptadjective

Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited.

Aptadjective

(of persons or things) Having a habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards.

Aptadjective

Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert

Aptnoun

An apartment; a flat

Aptadjective

Fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate.

Aptadjective

Having an habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; - used of things.

Aptadjective

Inclined; disposed customarily; given; ready; - used of persons.

Aptadjective

Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert; as, a pupil apt to learn; an apt scholar.

Aptverb

To fit; to suit; to adapt.

Aptadjective

at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant;

Aptadjective

mentally quick and resourceful;

Aptadjective

(usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward;

Aptadjective

being of striking appropriateness and pertinence;