The difference between Adjust and Edit

When used as verbs, adjust means to modify, whereas edit means to change a text, or a document.

Edit is also noun with the meaning: a change to the text of a document.

check bellow for the other definitions of Adjust and Edit

  1. Adjust as a verb (transitive):

    To modify.

    Examples:

    "Morimoto's recipes are adjusted to suit the American palate."

  2. Adjust as a verb (transitive):

    To improve or rectify.

    Examples:

    "He adjusted his initial conclusion to reflect the new data."

  3. Adjust as a verb (transitive):

    To settle an insurance claim.

  4. 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."

  1. Edit as a noun:

    A change to the text of a document.

  2. Edit as a noun (computing):

    A change in the text of a file, a website or the code of software.

  3. Edit as a noun (comedy):

    An interruption or change to an improvised scene.

  1. Edit as a verb:

    To change a text, or a document.

  2. Edit as a verb (transitive):

    To be the editor of a publication.

    Examples:

    "He edits the ''Bee."

  3. Edit as a verb (computing):

    To change the contents of a file, website, programme etc.

    Examples:

    "Wikipedia is an interactive encyclopedia which allows anybody to edit and improve articles."

  4. Edit as a verb (biology):

    To alter the DNA sequence of a chromosome; to perform gene splicing.

  5. Edit as a verb:

    To alter a film by cutting and splicing frames.

  6. Edit as a verb (comedy):

    To cut short or otherwise alter an improvised scene.

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