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Permit vs Determine - What's the difference?

permit | determine |


As verbs the difference between permit and determine

is that permit is while determine is .

Permit vs Concede - What's the difference?

permit | concede | Related terms |

Permit is a related term of concede.


As verbs the difference between permit and concede

is that permit is while concede is .

Permit vs Contract - What's the difference?

permit | contract | Related terms |


In transitive terms the difference between permit and contract

is that permit is to allow (someone) to do something; to give permission to while contract is to gain or acquire (an illness).

In intransitive terms the difference between permit and contract

is that permit is to allow, to admit (of) while contract is to make an agreement or contract; to covenant; to agree; to bargain.

In obsolete terms the difference between permit and contract

is that permit is formal permission while contract is not abstract; concrete.

As an adjective contract is

contracted; affianced; betrothed.

Authorisation vs Permit - What's the difference?

authorisation | permit | Related terms |

Authorisation is a related term of permit.


As a noun authorisation

is .

As a verb permit is

.

Permit vs Supply - What's the difference?

permit | supply | Related terms |


In transitive terms the difference between permit and supply

is that permit is to allow (someone) to do something; to give permission to while supply is to fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of.

In intransitive terms the difference between permit and supply

is that permit is to allow, to admit (of) while supply is to act as a substitute.

As verbs the difference between permit and supply

is that permit is to hand over, resign (something to someone) while supply is (provide, make available for use) To provide (something), to make (something) available for use.

As nouns the difference between permit and supply

is that permit is formal permission while supply is the act of supplying.

As an adverb supply is

supplely: in a supple manner, with suppleness.

Permit vs Present - What's the difference?

permit | present | Related terms |

Permit is a related term of present.


As a verb permit

is .

As an adjective present is

present (that what''/''which is in the place talked about ).

As a noun present is

present tense.

Allowance vs Permit - What's the difference?

allowance | permit |


In obsolete terms the difference between allowance and permit

is that allowance is license; indulgence while permit is formal permission.

As nouns the difference between allowance and permit

is that allowance is the act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance while permit is formal permission.

As verbs the difference between allowance and permit

is that allowance is to put upon a fixed allowance (especially of provisions and drink); to supply in a fixed and limited quantity while permit is to hand over, resign (something to someone).

Invest vs Permit - What's the difference?

invest | permit | Related terms |

Invest is a related term of permit.


As verbs the difference between invest and permit

is that invest is (dated) to clothe or wrap (with garments) while permit is .

As a noun invest

is (meteorology) an unnamed tropical weather pattern "to investigate" for development into a significant (named) system