Adjust vs. Accustom — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Adjust and Accustom
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Adjust
To move or change (something) so as to be in a more effective arrangement or desired condition
Adjust the timing of a car's engine.
Adjust a hearing aid to amplify lower frequencies.
Accustom
To familiarize, as by constant practice, use, or habit
I have accustomed myself to working long hours.
Adjust
To change so as to be suitable to or conform with something else
Adjusted the schedule to allow for everyone's vacation plans.
Adjusted the old monetary figures to account for inflation.
Accustom
To make familiar by use; to cause to accept; to habituate, familiarize, or inure.
Early exposure to pet allergens and pet-related bacteria accustoms the body to allergens.
Adjust
In chiropractic medicine, to manipulate (the spine and other body structures) to treat disorders and restore normal function of the nervous system.
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Accustom
To be wont.
Adjust
To decide how much is to be paid on (an insurance claim).
Accustom
To cohabit.
Adjust
To become adapted or accustomed, as to a new situation
Have you adjusted to working with your new colleagues?.
Accustom
(obsolete) Custom.
Adjust
(transitive) To modify.
Morimoto's recipes are adjusted to suit the American palate.
Accustom
To make familiar by use; to habituate, familiarize, or inure; - with to.
I shall always fear that he who accustoms himself to fraud in little things, wants only opportunity to practice it in greater.
Adjust
(transitive) To improve or rectify.
He adjusted his initial conclusion to reflect the new data.
Accustom
To be wont.
Adjust
(transitive) To settle an insurance claim.
Accustom
To cohabit.
We with the best men accustom openly; you with the basest commit private adulteries.
Adjust
(intransitive) To change to fit circumstances.
Most immigrants adjust quickly to a new community.
She waited for her eyes to adjust to the darkness.
Accustom
Custom.
Adjust
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.
Accustom
Make psychologically or physically used (to something);
She became habituated to the background music
Adjust
To put in order; to regulate, or reduce to system.
Adjusting the orthography.
Adjust
To settle or bring to a satisfactory state, so that parties are agreed in the result; as, to adjust accounts; the differences are adjusted.
Adjust
To bring to a true relative position, as the parts of an instrument; to regulate for use; as, to adjust a telescope or microscope.
Adjust
Alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard;
Adjust the clock, please
Correct the alignment of the front wheels
Adjust
Place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight;
Align the car with the curb
Align the sheets of paper on the table
Adjust
Adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions;
We must adjust to the bad economic situation
Adjust
Make correspondent or conformable;
Adjust your eyes to the darkness
Adjust
Decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim
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