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Consent vs Cosy - What's the difference?

consent | cosy |

As verbs the difference between consent and cosy

is that consent is to express willingness, to give permission while cosy is to become snug and comfortable.

As nouns the difference between consent and cosy

is that consent is voluntary agreement or permission while cosy is a padded or knit covering put on an item to keep it warm, especially a teapot or egg.

As an adjective cosy is

affording comfort and warmth; snug; social.

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

    cosy

    English

    Alternative forms

    * cosey * cosie * cozey * cozie * cozy (North America)

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Affording comfort and warmth; snug; social
  • * 1785', , ''Holy Fair'' - While some are ' cozie i' the neuk, / An' forming assignations / To meet some day
  • * 1836', , ''The Pickwick Papers'', ch 30 - after Mr. Bob Sawyer had informed him that he meant to be very ' cosy , and that his friend Ben was to be one of the party, they shook hands and separated

    • Synonyms

    * snug

    Hyponyms

    *

    Noun

    (cosies)
  • A padded or knit covering put on an item to keep it warm, especially a teapot or egg.

    • Derived terms

    * tea cosy * egg-cosy

    Verb

  • To become snug and comfortable.
  • To become friendly with.
    • He spent all day cosying up to the new boss, hoping for a plum assignment.

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