Adapt is a synonym of modify.
In transitive terms the difference between modify and adapt
is that
modify is to make partial changes to while
adapt is to make by altering or fitting something else; to produce by change of form or character: as, to bring out a play adapted from the French; a word of an adapted form.
In intransitive terms the difference between modify and adapt
is that
modify is to be or become modified while
adapt is to change oneself so as to be adapted.
As an adjective adapt is
adapted; fit; suited; suitable.
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modify English
Verb
(en-verb)
To make partial changes to.
To be or become modified.
Synonyms
* adapt, alter, amend, revamp, rework
Related terms
* modification
* modifier
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adapt English
Verb
( en verb)
To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit; to proportion.
To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust: as, to adapt a story or a foreign play for the stage; to adapt an old machine to a new manufacture.
To make by altering or fitting something else; to produce by change of form or character: as, to bring out a play adapted from the French; a word of an adapted form.
To change oneself so as to be adapted.
- They could not adapt to the new climate and so perished.
Derived terms
* adaptable
* adaptation
* adaptative
* adapter
* adaption
* adaptitude
* adaptly
* adaptness
* adaptor
Related terms
* adaptational
* adaptatively
* adaptativeness
* adaptedness
* adaptability
* adaptableness
* adaptably
* adaptional
* adaptive
* adaptively
* adaptiveness
* adaptorial
Adjective
( en adjective)
Adapted; fit; suited; suitable.
- (Jonathan Swift)
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