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Accommodate vs Acclimatize - What's the difference?

accommodate | acclimatize |

Acclimatize is a synonym of accommodate.



In transitive terms the difference between accommodate and acclimatize

is that accommodate is to contain comfortably; to have space for while acclimatize is to make used to a new climate or one that is different from that which is natural; to inure or habituate to other circumstances; to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strange climate.

As verbs the difference between accommodate and acclimatize

is that accommodate is to render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt; to conform; as, to accommodate ourselves to circumstances while acclimatize is to get used to a new climate.

As an adjective accommodate

is suitable; fit; adapted; as, means accommodate to end.

accommodate

English

Verb

(accommodat)
  • (transitive, often, reflexive) To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt; to conform; as, to accommodate ourselves to circumstances.
  • They accommodate their counsels to his inclination. -
  • To bring into agreement or harmony; to reconcile; to compose; to adjust; to settle; as, to accommodate differences, a dispute, etc.
  • To provide housing for; to furnish with something desired, needed, or convenient; as, to accommodate a friend with a loan or with lodgings.
  • To do a favor or service for; to oblige;
  • To show the correspondence of; to apply or make suit by analogy; to adapt or fit, as teachings to accidental circumstances, statements to facts, etc.; as, to accommodate prophecy to events.
  • To give consideration to; to allow for.
  • To contain comfortably; to have space for.
  • (rare) To adapt one's self; to be conformable or adapted; become adjusted.
  • Synonyms

    * suit; adapt; conform; adjust; arrange.

    Antonyms

    * (obsolete) discommodate

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (label) Suitable; fit; adapted; as, means accommodate to end.
  • * John Tillotson
  • God did not primarily intend to appoint this way of worship, and to impose it upon them as that which was most proper and agreeable to him; but that he condescended to it as most accommodate to their present state and inclination.

    acclimatize

    English

    Alternative forms

    * acclimatise (chiefly British)

    Verb

    (acclimatiz)
  • To get used to a new climate.
  • To make used to a new climate or one that is different from that which is natural; to inure or habituate to other circumstances; to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strange climate.
  • Usage notes

    Has become more common in use than acclimate.

    Derived terms

    * acclimatization * acclimatizer