Adapt and Correct

Adapt

Adapt verb - To change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation.
Usage example: it always takes freshmen a little while to adapt themselves to high school

Correct and adapt are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Correct" instead a verb "Adapt".

Correct

Correct verb - To remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from.

Adapt and correct are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Adapt" instead a verb "Correct".

Common collocations

series adapt series correct series
bit adapt bit correct bit
behavior adapt behavior correct behavior
events adapt events correct events

Both words in one sentence

  • As soon as I know I'm wrong I shall change strategy and adapt to the correct genre.
  • Yoda admits as much (at least to himself) in the novelisation of Revenge of the Sith, declaring to Qui-Gon's ghost that Qui-Gon's bend-the-rules-and-adapt mentality had been correct all along and he (Yoda) had essentially led the Jedi to disaster.
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