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Adjust vs. Accustom — What's the Difference?

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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