Difference between Adequate and Sufficient

ADEQUATE vs SUFFICIENT: NOUN

Equal to requirement or occasion; commensurate; fully sufficient, suitable, or fit: as, means adequate to the object; an adequate comparison.
To make equal or adequate.
To attain equality with; equal.
Acceptable
About average

1 and Competent, Enough, etc. See adequate.
Synonyms Ample, abundant, satisfactory, full.
Self-sufficient; self-satisfied; content.
Having a competence; well-to-do.
Possessing adequate talents or accomplishments; of competent power or ability; qualified; fit; competent; capable.
Sufficing; equal to the end proposed; as much as is or may be necessary; adequate; enough.
(determiner) The smallest amount needed.

Ample, Proper, Inadequate, Insufficient, Fair to middling, Equal to, Adequate to, Up to, Capable, Passable, Competent, Decent, Enough, Satisfactory, Sufficient

Proper, Satisfactory, Inadequate, Needed, Substantial, Requisite, Reasonable, Ample, Necessary, Insufficient, Comfortable, Spare, Decent, Enough, Adequate

Ample, Proper, Inadequate, Insufficient, Fair to middling, Equal to, Adequate to, Up to, Capable, Passable, Competent, Decent, Enough, Satisfactory, Sufficient

Proper, Satisfactory, Inadequate, Needed, Substantial, Requisite, Reasonable, Ample, Necessary, Insufficient, Comfortable, Spare, Decent, Enough, Adequate

The record is adequate to address these issues.
Commercially adequate access to public streets and ways?
Torres has not proved to be statistically adequate.
ERISA with the lack of adequate fiduciary standards.
Ensuring that adequate internal controls are in place.
Proposed Adequate Assurance of payment for postpetition services, and established procedures for resolving requests for additional adequate assurance of payment.
If it is determined that a BOS is not available at all or is not adequate, the customer should obtain an adequate BOS.
Adequate provision should be made to assemble in adequate quantities expertise that enables the court to respond to multiple protection and assistance needs.
However, the airport already has adequate capacity and will continue to have adequate capacity in the foreseeable future.
Other methods are not adequate and cannot be made adequate.

Sufficient braking capacity to descend ramp inclines safely.
Makes sufficient income to sustain trader and family.
Black Americans of their property without sufficient compensation.
LORD be sufficient for you in JESUS name.
Government centers lacked sufficient space, staff, and resources.
But these steps by themselves are not sufficient.
The issue is not whether she had a sufficient excuse but whether the trail court had reason to believe she had a sufficient excuse.
There sufficient cash on hand and accounts receivable to pay for taxes and accounts payable sufficient on.
SME exchanges have been created which failed to attract sufficient companies for listing or to achieve sufficient trading to maintain active markets.
Are necessary and often sufficient, but in a prokaryote, these are necessary and often sufficient, but sufficient.