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Adjustable vs Adjusting - What's the difference?

adjustable | adjusting |

As an adjective adjustable

is capable of being adjusted.

As a verb adjusting is

present participle of lang=en.

As a noun adjusting is

adjustment.

adjustable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • capable of being adjusted

    • adjusting

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • adjustment
  • * 1919 , The Cornell Countryman (volumes 17-18, page 264)
    • The big economic shiftings and adjustings pinch us now and then; and we shall save energy if we adapt ourselves forthwith, without reviling the rest of the family.