adaptation vs tailoring

adaptation

noun
  • A change that is made or undergone to suit a condition or environment. 

  • The process of adapting something or becoming adapted to a situation; adjustment, modification. 

  • An instance of an organism undergoing change, or the structure or behavior that is changed. 

  • An artistic work that has been adapted from a different medium. 

  • The means by which social groups adapt to different social and physical environments. 

  • The process of adapting an artistic work from a different medium. 

  • The process of change that an organism undergoes to be better suited to its environment. 

tailoring

noun
  • Any modification or ornamentation. 

  • Work done by a tailor. 

How often have the words adaptation and tailoring occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )