different between restrain vs adapt

English

Etymology

From Middle English restreinen, a borrowing from Old French restreindre, from Latin r?stringere, present active infinitive of r?string? (“fasten, tighten”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???st?e?n/
• Rhymes: -e?n
• Hyphenation: re?strain

Verb

restrain (third-person singular simple present restrains, present participle restraining, simple past and past participle restrained)

1. (transitive) To control or keep in check.
2. (transitive) To deprive of liberty.
3. (transitive) To restrict or limit.

   He was restrained by the straitjacket.

Synonyms

• (control or keep in check): check, limit, restrain, withstrain; See also Thesaurus:curb
• (deprive of liberty): confine, detain

Related terms

• constrain
• restraint
• restrict

Translations

Anagrams

• arrestin, retrains, strainer, terrains, trainers, transire

English

Etymology

From Middle French adapter, from Latin adaptare (“to fit to”), from ad (“to”) + aptare (“to make fit”), from aptus (“fit”); see apt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??dæpt/
• Rhymes: -æpt

Verb

adapt (third-person singular simple present adapts, present participle adapting, simple past and past participle adapted)

1. (transitive) To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit

   Synonym: proportion

2. (transitive) To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust

3. (transitive) To make by altering or fitting something else; to produce by change of form or character

4. (intransitive) To make oneself comfortable to a new thing.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Adjective

adapt (comparative more adapt, superlative most adapt)

1. Adapted; fit; suited; suitable.
   • c. 1709, Jonathan Swift, Merlin's Prophecy

     This prediction, though somewhat obscure, is wonderfully adapt.

Translations

References

• adapt in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• APDTA

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??dap(t)/

Verb

adapt (third-person singular present adapts, present participle adaptin, past adaptit, past participle adaptit)

1. to adapt

References

• Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.