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Admission vs Profession - What's the difference?

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Admission is a synonym of profession.


As nouns the difference between admission and profession

is that admission is the act or practice of admitting while profession is a promise or vow made on entering a religious order.

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

    See also

    * (wikipedia "admission")

    profession

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A promise or vow made on entering a religious order.
  • She died only a few years after her profession .
  • * 1796 , Matthew Lewis, The Monk , Folio Society 1985, p. 27:
  • Rosario was a young novice belonging to the monastery, who in three months intended to make his profession .
  • A declaration of belief, faith or of one's opinion.
  • Despite his continued professions of innocence, the court eventually sentenced him to five years.
  • An occupation, trade, craft, or activity in which one has a professed expertise in a particular area; a job, especially one requiring a high level of skill or training.
  • My father was a barrister by profession .
  • The practitioners of such an occupation collectively.
  • His conduct is against the established practices of the legal profession .

    Derived terms

    * professional * liberal profession