different between adjustable vs adjustment
adjustable
English
Etymology
adjust +? -able
Adjective
adjustable (comparative more adjustable, superlative most adjustable)
- capable of being adjusted
Translations
Noun
adjustable (plural adjustables)
- Anything that can be adjusted.
- 1991, Stephen King, Needful Things
- "He came in. He had a gun. He was crazy. You can see he was crazy; look what he did to Ricky. He thought Ricky was me. He wanted to steal my adjustables. Look."
Sonny smiled and tilted the steel case so Henry could look at the jumble of rusty ironmongery inside.
- "He came in. He had a gun. He was crazy. You can see he was crazy; look what he did to Ricky. He thought Ricky was me. He wanted to steal my adjustables. Look."
- 1991, Stephen King, Needful Things
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adjustment
English
Etymology
From French ajustement, or else adjust +? -ment.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??d??st.m?nt/
Noun
adjustment (countable and uncountable, plural adjustments)
- The action of adjusting something
- The result of adjusting something; a small change; a minor correction; a modification or alteration
- The settling or balancing of a financial account
- The behavioural process of balancing conflicting needs, or needs against obstacles in the environment.
- The assessment, by an insurance company, of a claim; the settlement of such a claim
Synonyms
- change
- correction
- modification
Related terms
- adjustable
- adjuster
Translations
See also
- adjustment on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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