Assent vs Concede - What's the difference?
assent | concede |
To agree to, give approval.
* Macaulay
To admit a thing as true.
* Bible, Acts xxiv. 9
To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant; as, to concede the point in question.
To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.
To admit to be true; to acknowledge.
To yield or make concession.
(sports) To have a goal or point scored against
* {{quote-news
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, date=October 2
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(cricket) (of a bowler) to have runs scored off of one's bowling.
As verbs the difference between assent and concede
is that assent is to agree to, give approval while concede is .As a noun assent
is agreement, act of agreeing.assent
English
Verb
(en verb)- The princess assented to all that was suggested.
- And the Jews also assented , saying that these things were so.
Synonyms
* accede *Synonyms
*Anagrams
* ----concede
English
Verb
(conced)- He conceded the race once it was clear he could not win.
- Kendall conceded defeat once she realized she could not win in a battle of wits.
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