Adjustment vs Consistency - What's the difference?
adjustment | consistency |
a small change; a minor correction; a modification
The behavioural process of balancing conflicting needs, or needs against obstacles in the environment.
Local coherence.
Correspondence or compatibility.
Reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent.
* Addison
The degree of viscosity of something.
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(obsolete) Firmness of constitution or character; substantiality; durability; persistency.
* South
As nouns the difference between adjustment and consistency
is that adjustment is a small change; a minor correction; a modification while consistency is local coherence.adjustment
English
Noun
(en noun)- The credit card company made an adjustment to my account to waive the late fee.
- When Jim graduated, he found adjustment to the working world difficult.
Synonyms
* change * correction * modificationSee also
* (wikipedia)consistency
English
(wikipedia consistency)Noun
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- His friendship is of a noble make and a lasting consistency .