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Adapter vs Fitting - What's the difference?

adapter | fitting |

As nouns the difference between adapter and fitting

is that adapter is adapter (device to allow compatibility) while fitting is a small detachable part of a device or machine.

As a verb fitting is

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As an adjective fitting is

ready, appropriate, or in keeping.

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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    fitting

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (ready) fittin', fittin

    Verb

    (head)
  • (informal, US, with infinitive) Ready, preparing.
    • I'm fitting to go home and sleep.
  • *

    • Synonyms

    * (ready) fixing to (see also going to)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Ready, appropriate, or in keeping
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 10, author=David Ornstein, work=BBC Sport
    • , title= Arsenal 1-0 Everton , passage=It was a fitting scoreline on the club's landmark anniversary, and appropriate that Van Persie should get the winner.}}
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012, date=June 26, author=Genevieve Koski, work=The Onion AV Club
    • , title= Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe , passage=And really, Michael Jackson is a more fitting aspiration for the similarly sexless would-be-former teen heartthrob, who’s compared himself to the late King Of Pop (perhaps a bit prematurely) on several occasions and sings in a Jackson-like croon over a sample of “We’ve Got A Good Thing Going” on Believe’s “Die In Your Arms.” }}

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small detachable part of a device or machine.
  • The act of trying on clothes to inspect or adjust the fit.
  • (manufacturing) The process of applying craft methods such as skilled filing to the making and assembling of machines or other products.
  • (chiefly, British) Domestic moveable piece of furniture, which can be taken along when moving out, US furnishing..
    • the fittings of a church or study

    Derived terms

    * fitting room