different between adjust vs focalize

English

Etymology

From Middle English ajusten, borrowed from Middle French adjuster, or Old French, from Latin ad (“to, up to, towards”) + iustus (“correct, proper, exact”). Probably influenced in sense by Old French ajouster (cf. modern ajouter), from Vulgar Latin *adiuxt?re, from Latin iuxta. The Middle English originally meant "to correct, remedy" in the late 14th century, and was reborrowed from Middle French in the early 17th century. According to another view on the etymology, the word was actually derived from Old French ajouster and then supposedly later influenced by folk etymology from Latin iustus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??d??st/
• Rhymes: -?st

Verb

adjust (third-person singular simple present adjusts, present participle adjusting, simple past and past participle adjusted)

1. (transitive) To modify.

2. (transitive) To improve or rectify.

3. (transitive) To settle an insurance claim.
4. (intransitive) To change to fit circumstances.

Synonyms

• (to modify something): change, edit, modify, set

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• Adjustment on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Anagrams

• udjats

English

Etymology

focal +? -ize

Verb

focalize (third-person singular simple present focalizes, present participle focalizing, simple past and past participle focalized)

1. To focus, or to adjust a focus
2. To sharpen an image by focusing
3. To concentrate on a particular location; to localize

Translations

Portuguese

Verb

focalize

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of focalizar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of focalizar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of focalizar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of focalizar