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Capitulate vs Consent - What's the difference?

capitulate | consent |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between capitulate and consent

is that capitulate is (obsolete) to draw up the articles of treaty with; to treat, bargain, parley while consent is (obsolete) to grant; to allow; to assent to.

As verbs the difference between capitulate and consent

is that capitulate is (obsolete) to draw up in chapters; to enumerate while consent is to express willingness, to give permission.

As a noun consent is

voluntary agreement or permission.

capitulate

English

Verb

(capitulat)
  • (obsolete) To draw up in chapters; to enumerate.
  • (obsolete) To draw up the articles of treaty with; to treat, bargain, parley.
  • * Heylin
    • there capitulates with the king to take to wife his daughter Mary
  • To surrender; to end all resistance, to give up; to go along with or comply.
    • He argued and hollered for so long that I finally capitulated just to make him stop.
  • * Macaulay
    • The Irish, after holding out a week, capitulated .

    Synonyms

    * wave the white flag

    Related terms

    * chapiter * chapter * capital * capitalism * captain * capitulation * capitulatory * recapitulate

    consent

    English

    (wikipedia consent)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To express willingness, to give permission.
    • ''I've consented to have the procedure performed.
  • * (rfdate) Shakespeare
    • My poverty, but not my will, consents .
  • (medicine) To cause to sign a consent form.
  • *
  • (obsolete) To grant; to allow; to assent to.
  • * (rfdate) Milton
    • Interpreters will not consent it to be a true story.
  • To agree in opinion or sentiment; to be of the same mind; to accord; to concur.
  • * (rfdate) Bible, Acts viii. 1
    • And Saul was consenting unto his death.
  • * (rfdate) Fuller
    • Flourishing many years before Wyclif, and much consenting with him in jugdment.

    Usage notes

    * This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive . See

    Synonyms

    * (intransitive) acquiesce, agree, approve, assent, concur,

    Antonyms

    * (intransitive) disagree, , oppose

    Derived terms

    * consenting

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Voluntary agreement or permission.
  • *, II.6:
    • All men know by experience, there be some parts of our bodies which often without any consent of ours doe stirre, stand, and lye down againe.

    Synonyms

    * (voluntary agreement) agreement, approval, assent, permission, willingness,

    Antonyms

    * (voluntary agreement) dissent, disagreement, opposition, refusal

    Derived terms

    * consenter * consentaneous * age of consent