different between adjust vs replace

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

re- +? place

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???ple?s/
• Rhymes: -e?s

Verb

replace (third-person singular simple present replaces, present participle replacing, simple past and past participle replaced)

1. (transitive) To restore to a former place, position, condition, etc.; to put back
   • 1622, Francis Bacon, History of the Reign of King Henry VII

     The earl...was replaced in his government.
2. (transitive) To refund; to repay; to pay back

3. (transitive) To supply or substitute an equivalent for

4. (transitive) to take over the position or role from.

   • Next Wednesday, four women and 15 men on the Crown Nominations Commission will gather for two days of prayer and horsetrading to replace Rowan Williams as archbishop of Canterbury.

5. (transitive) To take the place of; to be used instead of
   • 1845, William Whewell, The Elements of Morality: Including Polity

     This duty of right intention does not replace or supersede the duty of consideration.

6. (transitive) To demolish (a building) and build an updated form of that building in its place.
7. (transitive, rare) To place again.
8. (transitive, rare) To put in a new or different place.

Synonyms

• (to supply or substitute an equivalent for): exchange, swap; See also Thesaurus:switch

Derived terms

• replaceable
• replacee
• replacement
• replacer
• replacing switch
• replacive

See also

• eliminate

Translations

References

replace in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• percale

French

Verb

replace

1. first-person singular present indicative of replacer
2. third-person singular present indicative of replacer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of replacer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of replacer
5. second-person singular imperative of replacer