Afforded vs Granted - What's the difference?
afforded | granted |
(afford)
To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious;—with an auxiliary, as can, could, might, etc.; to be able or rich enough.
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*:“[…] We are engaged in a great work, a treatise on our river fortifications, perhaps? But since when did army officers afford the luxury of amanuenses in this simple republic?”
To offer, provide, or supply, as in selling, granting, expending, with profit, or without loss or too great injury.
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To give forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the natural result, fruit, or issue.
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To give, grant, or confer, with a remoter reference to its being the natural result; to provide; to furnish.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4
, passage=One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.}}
*{{quote-news, year=2012, date=April 29, author=Nathan Rabin
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Given, awarded.
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(used to mark the premise of a syllogistic argument)
As verbs the difference between afforded and granted
is that afforded is (afford) while granted is (grant).As an adverb granted is
.As a preposition granted is
(used to mark the premise of a syllogistic argument).afforded
English
Verb
(head)afford
English
Alternative forms
* afoord, affoord, affoard, affowrd (obsolete)Verb
(en verb)TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992), passage=Writing a “Treehouse Of Horror”segment has to be both exhilarating and daunting. It’s exhilarating because it affords writers all the freedom in the world.}}
Usage notes
* Sense 1. This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive . SeeDerived terms
* affordable * affordance * offer affordancesgranted
English
Verb
(head)- He was granted a patent on his invention.
Adverb
(-)- He's a good student and usually does well. Granted , he did fail that one test, but I think there were good reasons for that.
- ''"You haven't been a very good father." "Granted ."
Preposition
(English prepositions)- Granted that he has done nothing wrong, he should be set free.
- Granted the lack of evidence, we can make no such conclusion.