Firm vs Adaptive - What's the difference?
firm | adaptive |
(UK, business) A business partnership; the name under which it trades.
(business, economics) A business enterprise, however organized.
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, title= (slang) A criminal gang.
steadfast, secure, hard (in position)
* It's good to have a firm grip when shaking hands.
fixed (in opinion)
* He was firm that selling his company would a good choice and didn't let anyone talk him out of it.
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, year=2012
, date=May 9
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solid, rigid (material state)
To make firm or strong; fix securely.
To make compact or resistant to pressure; solidify.
To become firm; stabilise.
To improve after decline.
Aust. To shorten (of betting odds).
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.
As adjectives the difference between firm and adaptive
is that firm is steadfast, secure, hard (in position) while adaptive is of, pertaining to, characterized by or showing adaptation; making or made fit or suitable.As a noun firm
is (uk|business) a business partnership; the name under which it trades.As a verb firm
is to make firm or strong; fix securely.firm
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)End of the peer show, passage=Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms.
Etymology 2
(etyl) ferme, from (etyl) ferme, from (etyl) .Adjective
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- firm''' flesh; '''firm''' muscles, '''firm''' wood; '''firm land (i.e. not soft and marshy)
