What is the difference between adequate and sufficient

JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. Enough vs adequate vs sufficient. Thread starter albertxu Start date Jun 11, So how can I use the three words correctly? Do they just differ in quantity rather than quality?

I think I would say adequate in this case, but it is difficult to differentiate between the two words. I think that they are probably interchangeable here. Sorry not to be more help! Ok ,thanks! Hi, I looked up both words at WRef. Was I wrong? Hi mygothangel You were very close to being right, but you had the two words a little bit mixed up.

It is the word "adequate" that has that alternate second definition. Sometimes, using irony, we say that something is "adequate" when what we are really implying is that it is "barely sufficient," or "just okay. Bil said:.

Click to expand I'm sorry, but I'm not really convinced. In contract law in common-law countries: Consideration must be sufficient but need not be adequate. CompareWords Compare. What's the difference between adequate and sufficient? Adequate Definition: a. Equal to some requirement; proportionate, or correspondent; fully sufficient; as, powers adequate to a great work; an adequate definition.

To equalize; to make adequate.