Adopt vs Take Over - What's the Difference?

Adopt

Take Over

Definitions

Definition as Verb
  • take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
  • take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
  • take up and practice as one's own
  • put into dramatic form
  • take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
  • choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
  • take into one's family
Definition as Verb
  • seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession
  • take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
  • free someone temporarily from his or her obligations
  • take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
  • take over ownership of; of corporations and companies
  • do over
  • take up and practice as one's own
  • take up, as of debts or payments

Synonyms

Examples

  • "When will the new President assume office?"
  • "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables"
  • "adopt a book for a screenplay"
  • "She embraced Catholicism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith"
  • "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals"
  • "They adopted two children from Nicaragua"
  • "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"; "he usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne after her husband died"
  • "When will the new President assume office?"
  • "I'll accept the charges"; "She agreed to bear the responsibility"
  • "They would like to take it over again"
  • "absorb the costs for something"

Parts of Speech

Verb
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