Consented vs Assented - What's the difference?
consented | assented |
(consent)
To express willingness, to give permission.
* (rfdate) Shakespeare
(medicine) To cause to sign a consent form.
*
(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:
(assent)
To agree to, give approval.
* Macaulay
To admit a thing as true.
* Bible, Acts xxiv. 9
As verbs the difference between consented and assented
is that consented is (consent) while assented is (assent).consented
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(head)consent
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(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 consentassented
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(head)Anagrams
*assent
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(en verb)- The princess assented to all that was suggested.
- And the Jews also assented , saying that these things were so.