Consent vs Approbate - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between consent and approbate

is that consent is to express willingness, to give permission while approbate is to give official sanction, consent or authorization.

As a noun consent

is voluntary agreement or permission.

As an adjective approbate is

approved.

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

approbate

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

approved

* 1531 , Thomas Elyot, The Boke named The Governour

And if they wyll allege that all thynge contayned in holy scripture is approbate by the hole consent of all the clergie of Christendoms

Verb

(approbat)

To give official sanction, consent or authorization

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