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Adapter vs Expert - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between adapter and expert

is that adapter is adapter (device to allow compatibility) while expert is (label) rate assessor.

adapter

English

(wikipedia adapter)

Alternative forms

* (l)

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who is capable of adapting well to differing situations.
    • He was an able adapter , and could easily adjust to the differences when the company changed ownership.
  • One who adapts a thing, e.g. a play.
    • The critic gave rave reviews to the adapter of the ancient play, who worked to give the text more relevance to the modern day.
  • A device or application used to achieve operative compatibility between devices that otherwise are incompatible.
    • He had an adapter that let him plug his phone into the car's cigarette lighter for power.
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  • # Specifically, a device that permits two, three, or more plugs to be used at a single electrical power point.
  • The wall outlet sprouted an electrical monstrosity of adapters''' plugged into '''adapters that sparked ominously.
  • # Specifically, a device that allows one format of plug to be used with a different format of socket.
  • We bought adapters to use our three-prong plugs in the two-prong, unpolarized outlets of the old house.
  • # Specifically, an AC-adaptor: a device that reduces voltage and converts AC to DC to allow a battery-powered device to use mains power.
  • I lost my cellphone's adaptor so I couldn't recharge it.

    • Derived terms

    * AC adapter * power adapter

    Related terms

    * adapt * adaptability * adaptable * adaptableness * adaptably * adaptation * adaptational * adaptative * adaptatively * adaptativeness * adaptedness * adaptee * adaption * adaptional * adaptitude * adaptive * adaptively * adaptiveness * adaptly * adaptness * adaptorial

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    expert

    English

    (wikipedia expert)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable.
    • I am expert at making a simple situation complex.
    My cousin is an expert pianist.
  • Characteristic of an expert.
    • This problem requires expert knowledge.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * inexpert * nonexpert

    Related terms

    * expert system

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person with extensive knowledge or ability in a given subject.
  • * If an expert''' says it can't be done, get another '''expert . -
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Welcome to the plastisphere , passage=Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.}}
  • (chess) A player ranking just below master.