What is the difference between acknowledge and admit?
acknowledge | admit |
To admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in; as, to acknowledge the being of a god.
:* I acknowledge my transgressions. - ''Psalm 51:3 .
:* ''For ends generally acknowledged to be good. -
To own or recognize in a particular quality, character or relationship; to admit the claims or authority of; to give recognition to.
:* In all thy ways acknowledge Him. - ''Proverbs 3:6
:* By my soul, I'll ne'er acknowledge thee. - , III-v
To own with gratitude or as a benefit or an obligation; as, to acknowledge a favor.
:* ''They his gifts acknowledged none. -
To notify receipt, as of a letter.
To own as genuine or valid; to assent to, as a legal instrument, to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form; as, to acknowledge a deed.
To allow to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to take.
To allow (one) to enter on an office or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise.
To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny; to own or confess.
* 2011 , Kitty Kelley, Nancy Reagan: The Unauthorized Biography (ISBN 1451674767):
To be capable of; to permit. In this sense, "of" may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.
* Holder
To give warrant or allowance, to grant opportunity or permission (+ of).
To allow to enter a hospital or similar facility for treatment.
* {{quote-news, year=2011
, date=December 16
, author=Denis Campbell
, title=Hospital staff 'lack skills to cope with dementia patients'
, work=Guardian
Admit is a synonym of acknowledge.
In transitive terms the difference between acknowledge and admit
is that acknowledge is to admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in; as, to acknowledge the being of a god while admit is to allow to enter a hospital or similar facility for treatment.acknowledge
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Alternative forms
* acknowledg (obsolete)Verb
(acknowledg)Usage notes
* Acknowledge'' is opposed to keep back, or conceal, and supposes that something had been previously known to us (though perhaps not to others) which we now feel bound to lay open or make public. Thus, a man ''acknowledges'' a secret marriage; one who has done wrong ''acknowledges'' his fault; and author ''acknowledges'' his obligation to those who have aided him; we ''acknowledge our ignorance. * Recognize'' supposes that we have either forgotten or not had the evidence of a thing distinctly before our minds, but that now we know it (as it were) anew, or receive and admit in on the ground of the evidence it brings. Thus, we ''recognize'' a friend after a long absence. We ''recognize'' facts, principles, truths, etc., when their evidence is brought up fresh to the mind; as, bad men usually ''recognize'' the providence of God in seasons of danger. A foreign minister, consul, or agent, of any kind, is ''recognized on the ground of his producing satisfactory credentials. * See also confessSynonyms
* avow, proclaim, recognize, own, admit, allow, concede, confessDerived terms
* acknowledgeable * acknowledged * acknowledgedly * acknowledge the corn * acknowledgedReferences
*admit
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Verb
(admitt)- A ticket admits one into a playhouse.
- They were admitted into his house.
- to admit a serious thought into the mind
- to admit evidence in the trial of a cause
- to admit an attorney to practice law
- the prisoner was admitted to bail
- the argument or fact is admitted
- he admitted his guilt
- she admitted taking drugs'' / ''she admitted to taking drugs
- His sister, Patti, also admitted taking drugs,
- the words do not admit such a construction.
- Four bells admit twenty-four changes in ringing.
- circumstance do not admit of this
- the text does not admit of this interpretation
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