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Adaption - another term for adaptation.

• jessaustin 7y ago
  It's a perfectly cromulent word, but at the link only "adaptation" appears.
  • kaycebasques 7y ago
    > It’s a perfectly cromulent word TIL: https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/what-does-cromulent-mean https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/what-does-crom...
• anaphor 7y ago
  I was sure it wasn't a real word but you're correct, it's an alternative (but less common) spelling.
  • ghkbrew 7y ago
    "less common" is a bit of an understatement[0]. I'd put it in the "common misspelling" category. Though both versions seem to have been around since before English really had consistent spelling. [0] https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=adaption%2Cadaptation&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cadaption%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cadaptation%3B%2Cc0#t1%3B%2Cadaption%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cadaptation%3B%2Cc0 https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=adaption%2Cada...
• troymc 7y ago
  The page at the other end of the hyperlink uses the word "adaptation" twice and "adaption" never.