Consent vs Acknowledging - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between consent and acknowledging

is that consent is to express willingness, to give permission while acknowledging is .

is voluntary agreement or permission.

(wikipedia consent)

(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.

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

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

* (intransitive) disagree, , oppose

* consenting

(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.

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

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

* consenter * consentaneous * age of consent

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