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Adoption vs Enactment - What's the difference?

adoption | enactment |

As nouns the difference between adoption and enactment

is that adoption is the act of adopting, or state of being adopted; voluntary acceptance of a child of other parents to be the same as one's own child while enactment is the act of enacting, or the state of being enacted.

adoption

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of adopting, or state of being adopted; voluntary acceptance of a child of other parents to be the same as one's own child.
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    A Chinese baby girl was given away for adoption .
  • Admission to a more intimate relation; reception; as, the adoption of persons into hospitals or monasteries, or of one society into another.
  • The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance; as, the adoption of opinions.
  • (computing) Transfer between an old system to another (usually better) system.
  • Our school is considering the adoption of Wiktionary as the standard dictionary.

    enactment

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia enactment) (en noun)
  • The act of enacting, or the state of being enacted.
  • :The actors' powerful enactment of the play was breathtaking.
  • :The enactment of this law will be a great step backward for our country.
  • (legal) A piece of legislation that has been properly authorized by a legislative body.
  • :The enactments passed by the council that year included sweeping reforms.