Adapt and Remake

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

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

Remake

Remake verb - To make different in some way.

Adapt and remake are semantically related in make or become different topic. Sometimes you can use "Adapt" instead a verb "Remake".

Nearby Word: remaking

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / Logan's Run A short-lived TV adaptation followed a year later.Multiple attempts to remake the film (and to adapt it more closely to the novel) from notable directors like Bryan Singer (X-Men) and Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive), have all been unsuccessful.
  • Western Animation / Anastasia The Remake: The film is officially a Disneyfication/fantasticization of the 1956 Ingrid Bergman film (itself a play adaptation).note Fox specifically presented the director with a list of works they owned the rights to that he could adapt.
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