As adjectives the difference between applicable and adaptive
is that applicable is suitable for application, relevant while adaptive is of, pertaining to, characterized by or showing adaptation; making or made fit or suitable.
applicable
English
Synonyms
* appropriate
Antonyms
* inapplicable
Derived terms
* applicability
Related terms
* apply
* appliance
* application
adaptive
English
Adjective
(
en adjective)
Of, pertaining to, characterized by or showing adaptation; making or made fit or suitable.
* {{quote-book, author=Charles Darwin, title=, year=1859
, passage=The real affinities of all organic beings, in contradistinction to their
adaptive resemblances, are due to inheritance or community of descent.}}
* {{quote-book, author=C. Lloyd Morgan, title=, year=1896
, passage=That variation of germinal origin is a fact in organic nature is admitted on all hands, and that some variations are
adaptive is also unquestioned.}}
Capable of being adapted or of adapting; susceptible of or undergoing accordant change.
(psychology) Of a trait: that helps an individual to function well in society.
Synonyms
* (capable of being adapted) adaptable
* adaptative
Derived terms
(Derived terms)
* adaptively
* adaptiveness
* adaptivity
* adaptive beamformer
* adaptive behaviour
* adaptive bridge
* adaptive clothing
* adaptive coding
* adaptive communications
* adaptive compression
* adaptive enzyme
* adaptive equalization
* adaptive expectations
* adaptive filter
* adaptive hypertrophy
* adaptive management
* adaptive modulation
* adaptive optics
* adaptive predictive coding
* adaptive radiation
* adaptive resonance
* adaptive reuse
* adaptive routing
* adaptive switching
* adaptive system
* adaptive technology
* adaptive value
* adaptive zone
Related terms
* adapt
* adaptable
* adaptative
* adaptly
* adaptorial
References
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