The difference between Adjust and Change
When used as verbs, adjust means to modify, whereas change means to become something different.
Change is also noun with the meaning: the process of becoming different.
check bellow for the other definitions of Adjust and Change
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Adjust as a verb (transitive):
To modify.
Examples:
"Morimoto's recipes are adjusted to suit the American palate."
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Adjust as a verb (transitive):
To improve or rectify.
Examples:
"He adjusted his initial conclusion to reflect the new data."
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Adjust as a verb (transitive):
To settle an insurance claim.
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Adjust as a verb (intransitive):
To change to fit circumstances.
Examples:
"Most immigrants adjust quickly to a new community. She waited for her eyes to adjust to the darkness."
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Change as a verb (intransitive):
To become something different.
Examples:
"The tadpole changed into a frog. Stock prices are constantly changing."
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Change as a verb (transitive, ergative):
To make something into something else.
Examples:
"The fairy changed the frog into a prince. I had to change the wording of the ad so it would fit."
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Change as a verb (transitive):
To replace.
Examples:
"Ask the janitor to come and change the lightbulb. After a brisk walk, I washed up and changed my shirt."
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Change as a verb (intransitive):
To replace one's clothing.
Examples:
"You can't go into the dressing room while she's changing. The clowns changed into their costumes before the circus started."
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Change as a verb (transitive):
To replace the clothing of (the one wearing it).
Examples:
"It's your turn to change the baby."
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Change as a verb (intransitive):
To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.)
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Change as a verb (archaic):
To exchange.
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Change as a verb (transitive):
To change hand while riding (a horse).
Examples:
"to change a horse"
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Change as a noun (countable):
The process of becoming different.
Examples:
"The product is undergoing a change in order to improve it."
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Change as a noun (uncountable):
Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
Examples:
"Can I get change for this $100 bill please?"
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Change as a noun (countable):
A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes
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Change as a noun (uncountable):
Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
Examples:
"A customer who pays with a 10-pound note for a £9 item receives one pound in change."
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Change as a noun (uncountable):
Coins (as opposed to paper money).
Examples:
"Do you have any change on you? I need to make a phone call."
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Change as a noun (countable):
A transfer between vehicles.
Examples:
"The train journey from Bristol to Nottingham includes a change at Birmingham."
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Change as a noun (baseball):
A change-up pitch.
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Change as a noun (campanology):
Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
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Change as a noun (dated):
A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
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Change as a noun (Scotland, dated):
A public house; an alehouse.