Acknowledge vs Response - What's the difference?
acknowledge | response |
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.
(senseid)An answer or reply, or something in the nature of an answer or reply.
(senseid)The act of responding or replying; reply: as, to speak in response to a question.
An oracular answer.
(liturgics ) A verse, sentence, phrase, or word said or sung by the choir or congregation in sequence or reply to the priest or officiant.
(liturgics ) A versicle or anthem said or sung during or after a lection; a respond or responsory.
A reply to an objection in formal disputation.
An online advertising performance metric representing one click-through from an online ad to its destination URL.
A reaction to a stimulus or provocation.
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As a verb 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.As a noun response is
(senseid)an answer or reply, or something in the nature of an answer or reply.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
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Noun
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Quotations
* 1338 , , Middle English Chronicle *: What was his respons written, I ne sauh no herd. * 1842 , , The Two Voices *: Then did my response clearer fall:"No compound of this earthly ball
Is like another, all in all." * 1874 , , Sensation and Intuition , p. 17. *: There seems a vast psychological interval between an emotional response to the action of some grateful stimulus and the highly complex intellectual and emotional development implied in a distinct appreciation of objective beauty.
