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Admission vs Preadmission - What's the difference?

admission | preadmission |

As a noun admission

is the act or practice of admitting.

As an adjective preadmission is

prior to admission (to a hospital, university, etc.).

admission

English

(Webster 1913)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act or practice of admitting.
  • * 2012 , Caroline Davies, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge announce they are expecting first baby'' (in ''The Guardian , 3 December 2012)[http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/dec/03/duke-and-duchess-of-cambridge-expecting-baby?intcmp=122]
    • The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have ended months of intense speculation by announcing they are expecting their first child, but were forced to share their news earlier than hoped because of the Duchess's admission to hospital on Monday.
  • Power or permission to enter; admittance; entrance; access; power to approach.
  • The granting of an argument or position not fully proved; the act of acknowledging something asserted; acknowledgment; concession.
  • (legal) Acquiescence or concurrence in a statement made by another, and distinguishable from a confession in that an admission presupposes prior inquiry by another, but a confession may be made without such inquiry.
  • A fact, point, or statement admitted; as, admission made out of court are received in evidence
  • Declaration of the bishop that he approves of the presentee as a fit person to serve the cure of the church to which he is presented.
  • The cost or fee associated with attendance or entry.
    • There is no way he has seen that show, the admission is more than he makes in a week.

    Synonyms

    * admittance, concession, acknowledgment, concurrence, allowance

    Related terms

    * legacy admission

    See also

    * (wikipedia "admission")

    External links

    * * ----

    preadmission

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Prior to admission (to a hospital, university, etc.).
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=December 18, author=, title=Troubled Manhattan Commercial College to Close, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=In September, the Board of Regents said that commercial schools could no longer use the preadmission test that Interboro was using to determine whether students without high school diplomas had the ability to benefit from higher education, and thus be eligible for financial aid. }}