adapt or adopt?
Adapt means "to change something to meet requirements," "to adjust to something," or "to rewrite something," as in adapted [not adopted] the cottage to a year-round dwelling;flora and fauna that had adapted [not adopted] to an arid climate;adapted [not adopted] the novel for television.Adopt means "to legally raise another's child," "to choose and decide to use something," and "to assume a behavior pattern," as in adopted [not adapted] two boys;adopted [not adapted] a new ideology;adopted [not adapted] an attitude of superiority.
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