Consent vs Battery - What's the difference?
consent | battery |
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:
A coordinated group of electrochemical cells, each of which produces electricity by a chemical reaction between two substances ().
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, chapter=1 (legal) The crime or tort of intentionally striking another person.
A coordinated group of artillery.
An array of similar things.
A set of small cages where hens are kept for the purpose of farming their eggs.
(baseball) The catcher and the pitcher together
(chess) Two or more major pieces on the same rank, file, or diagonal
The state of a firearm when it is possible to be fired.
As nouns the difference between consent and battery
is that consent is voluntary agreement or permission while battery is a coordinated group of electrochemical cells, each of which produces electricity by a chemical reaction between two substances (Wikipedia).As a verb consent
is to express willingness, to give permission.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.
Synonyms
* (voluntary agreement) agreement, approval, assent, permission, willingness,Antonyms
* (voluntary agreement) dissent, disagreement, opposition, refusalDerived terms
* consenter * consentaneous * age of consentbattery
English
(wikipedia battery)Noun
(batteries)citation, passage=But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts.}}
- Schoolchildren take a battery of standard tests to measure their progress.
