Commitment vs Acceptance - What's the difference?
commitment | acceptance |
The act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially:
# The act of sending a legislative bill to committee for review.
# Official consignment sending a person to prison or a mental health institution
Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially:
# Act of assuming a financial obligation at a future date
Being bound emotionally/intellectually to a course of action or to another person/other persons.
The trait of sincerity and focused purpose.
Perpetration, in a negative manner, as in a crime or mistake.
State of being pledged or engaged.
The act of being locked away, such as in an institution for the mentally ill or jail.
The act of accepting; a receiving of something offered, with approbation, satisfaction, or acquiescence; especially, favorable reception; approval
* Isaiah 60:7 :
Belief in something; agreement; assent.
State of being accepted.
* Shakespeare: Rape of Lucrece :
(business, finance) An assent and engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn, to pay it when due according to the terms of the acceptance.
(business, finance) The bill of exchange itself when accepted.
An agreeing to terms or proposals by which a bargain is concluded and the parties are bound; the reception or taking of a thing bought as that for which it was bought, or as that agreed to be delivered, or the taking possession as owner.
(legal) An agreeing to the action of another, by some act which binds the person in law.
(US, government) The act of an authorized representative of the Government by which the Government assents to ownership by it of existing and identified supplies, or approves specific services rendered, as partial or complete performance of a contract.
The usual or accepted meaning of a word or expression.
(Australia, New Zealand, pluralonly) A list of horses accepted as starters in a race.
As nouns the difference between commitment and acceptance
is that commitment is the act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially: while acceptance is the act of accepting; a receiving of something offered, with approbation, satisfaction, or acquiescence; especially, favorable reception; approval.commitment
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(en noun)Synonyms
* allegiance * charge * committal * consignment * dedication * devoir * duty * engagement * guarantee * loyalty * liability * must * need * obligation * ought * pledge * promise * responsibility * undertaking * vow * wordExternal links
* *acceptance
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* (obsolete) (l)Noun
(en noun)- the acceptance of a gift, office, doctrine, etc.
- They shall come up with acceptance on mine altar.
- Makes it assured of acceptance .