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Admittance vs Acknowledgment - What's the difference?

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Admittance is a related term of acknowledgment.


As nouns the difference between admittance and acknowledgment

is that admittance is the act of admitting while acknowledgment is the act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning; confession.

admittance

English

Alternative forms

* admittaunce (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of admitting.
  • Permission to enter, the power or right of entrance.
  • Actual entrance, reception.
  • (euphemistic, hypocoristic) The vulva, especially the labia majora.
  • {{quote-Fanny Hill, part=2 , He tries again, still no admittance , still no penetration; but he had hurt me yet more, whilst my extreme love made me bear extreme pain, almost without a groan. }}
  • (British, legal) The act of giving possession of a copyhold estate.
  • (physics) The reciprocal of impedance
  • Synonyms

    * admission, access, entrance, initiation

    acknowledgment

    English

    Alternative forms

    * acknowledgement (UK)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning; confession.
  • The act of owning or recognizing in a particular character or relationship; recognition as regards the existence, authority, truth, or genuineness.
  • An award or other expression or token of appreciation.
  • An owning with gratitude of a benefit or an obligation (as in "acknowledgment" of a favor).
  • A message from the addressee informing the originator that the originator's communication has been received and understood, as a wedding invitation's acknowledgment .
  • (Telecommunications, computing, networking) A response (ACK) sent by a receiver to indicate successful receipt of a transmission.
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  • An owning as genuine or valid; an avowing or admission in legal form (as in "acknowledgment of a deed").
  • (legal) A formal statement or document recognizing the fulfillment or execution of a legal requirement or procedure.
  • Synonyms

    * (act of acknowledging) confession, concession, recognition, admission, avowal, recognizance, ACK