adapt vs backport

adapt

verb
  • To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust 

  • To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit 

  • To make by altering or fitting something else; to produce by change of form or character 

  • To make oneself comfortable to a new thing. 

adj
  • Adapted; fit; suited; suitable. 

backport

verb
  • To retroactively supply to (a previous version of a software product) a fix, or a new feature, at the same time or after supplying it to the current version. 

  • To re-release software on its original or a previous platform with new features, after its release on a different platform. 

  • To retroactively supply (a fix or a new feature) to a previous version of a software product at the same time or after supplying it to the current version. 

noun
  • An act of backporting. 

  • A software program that has been backported. 

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