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Consult vs Consent - What's the difference?

consult | consent |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between consult and consent

is that consult is (obsolete): to bring about by counsel or contrivance; to devise; to contrive while consent is (obsolete) to grant; to allow; to assent to.

In lang=en terms the difference between consult and consent

is that consult is to have reference to, in judging or acting; to have regard to; to consider; as, to consult one's wishes while consent is to express willingness, to give permission.

As nouns the difference between consult and consent

is that consult is (obsolete): the act of consulting or deliberating; consultation; also, the result of consultation; determination; decision while consent is voluntary agreement or permission.

As verbs the difference between consult and consent

is that consult is to seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer while consent is to express willingness, to give permission.

consult

English

Alternative forms

* consultation (Only noun form in UK)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete): The act of consulting or deliberating; consultation; also, the result of consultation; determination; decision.
  • The council broke; And all grave consults dissolved in smoke. -.
  • (obsolete): A council; a meeting for consultation.
  • A consult of coquettes. -.
  • (obsolete): Agreement; concert.
  • (US): A visit, e.g. to a doctor; a consultation.
  • Usage notes

    * The noun consult is avoided in British English, favoring consultation instead. In AmE, they are merely synonyms.

    Synonyms

    * consultation

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer.
  • Let us consult upon to-morrow's business. -
    All the laws of England have been made by the kings of England, consulting with the nobility and commons. - .
  • To advise or offer expertise.
  • To work as a consultant or contractor rather than as a full-time employee of a firm.
  • To ask advice of; to seek the opinion of; to apply to for information or instruction; to refer to; as, to consult a physician; to consult a dictionary.
  • Men forgot, or feared, to consult''' ... ; they were content to '''consult libraries. - .
  • To have reference to, in judging or acting; to have regard to; to consider; as, to consult one's wishes.
  • We are ... to consult the necessities of life, rather than matters of ornament and delight. -L'Estrange.
  • (obsolete): To deliberate upon; to take for.
  • Many things were there consulted for the future, yet nothing was positively resolved. -.
  • (obsolete): To bring about by counsel or contrivance; to devise; to contrive.
  • Thou hast consulted shame to thy use by cutting off many people. - Bible, Heb. ii. 10.

    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