Acclimate vs Domesticate - What's the difference?
acclimate | domesticate |
(transitive, chiefly, US) To habituate to a climate not native; to acclimatize.
To adjust to a new environment; not necessarily a wild, natural, earthy one.
To become accustomed to a new climate or environment.
To make domestic.
To make fit for domestic life.
To adapt to live with humans.
To adapt to live with humans.
To make a legal instrument recognized and enforceable in a jurisdiction foreign to the one in which the instrument was originally issued or created.
As verbs the difference between acclimate and domesticate
is that acclimate is while domesticate is to make domestic.As a noun domesticate is
an animal or plant that has been domesticated.acclimate
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(acclimat)Synonyms
* acclimatise/acclimatize, accommodate, acculture, accustom, climatize, conform, get used to, habituate, harden, season, toughen, adjustDerived terms
* acclimatation * acclimatement * acclimationdomesticate
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Verb
(domesticat)- The Russian claims to have successfully domesticated foxes.
- Dogs have clearly domesticated more than cats.
