Edit
Edit verb - To change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation.
Usage example: the restaurant chef has edited several of his gourmet dishes for preparation by the home cook
Fit
Fit verb - To change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation.
Usage example: I can undo the hem on these old culottes and fit them into a skirt
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Giant Space Flea from Nowhere: Several Ichthyosaurs appear with no warning throughout the trilogy in bodies of deep water, complete with no model edit to even fit the context of the mod.
Source: Video Game / They Hunger -
This might have to do with their Catholic upbringing and their good girl image; they sometimes edit some lyrics to fit the good side of things.
Source: Music / Cimorelli - Edit: This Less Wrong article makes reference to a set of rodent experiments performed in the 1950s that fit my description above.
Source: Analysis / Three Worlds Collide
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Fit and Edit. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/edit/fit
Edit & Fit. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/edit/fit>.
Fit or Edit. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/edit/fit.
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