Consent vs Acclaim - What's the difference?
consent | acclaim |
To express willingness, to give permission.
* (rfdate) Shakespeare
(medicine) To cause to sign a consent form.
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(obsolete) To grant; to allow; to assent to.
* (rfdate) Milton
To agree in opinion or sentiment; to be of the same mind; to accord; to concur.
* (rfdate) Bible, Acts viii. 1
* (rfdate) Fuller
Voluntary agreement or permission.
*, II.6:
(archaic) To shout; to call out.
To shout approval; to express great approval.
* 1911 , (Saki), The Chronicles of Clovis
*:The design, when finally developed, was a slight disappointment to Monsieur Deplis, who had suspected Icarus of being a fortress taken by Wallenstein in the Thirty Years' War, but he was more than satisfied with the execution of the work, which was acclaimed by all who had the privilege of seeing it as Pincini's masterpiece.
(rare) To salute or praise with great approval; to compliment; to applaud; to welcome enthusiastically.
* A glad acclaiming train. - Thomson
(obsolete) To claim.
To declare by acclamations.
* While the shouting crowd / Acclaims thee king of traitors. - Smollett
(Canada, politics) To elect to an office by having no opposition.
In lang=en terms the difference between consent and acclaim
is that consent is to express willingness, to give permission while acclaim is to declare by acclamations.In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between consent and acclaim
is that consent is (obsolete) to grant; to allow; to assent to while acclaim is (obsolete) a claim.As verbs the difference between consent and acclaim
is that consent is to express willingness, to give permission while acclaim is (archaic|transitive) to shout; to call out.As nouns the difference between consent and acclaim
is that consent is voluntary agreement or permission while acclaim is (poetic) an acclamation; a shout of applause.consent
English
(wikipedia consent)Verb
(en verb)- ''I've consented to have the procedure performed.
- My poverty, but not my will, consents .
- Interpreters will not consent it to be a true story.
- And Saul was consenting unto his death.
- Flourishing many years before Wyclif, and much consenting with him in jugdment.
Usage notes
* This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive . SeeSynonyms
* (intransitive) acquiesce, agree, approve, assent, concur,Antonyms
* (intransitive) disagree, , opposeDerived terms
* consentingNoun
(en noun)- 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.
