Grant vs Acknowledge - What's the difference?
grant | acknowledge |
To give over; to make conveyance of; to give the possession or title of; to convey; -- usually in answer to petition.
To bestow or confer, with or without compensation, particularly in answer to prayer or request; to give.
* 1668 July 3, , “Thomas Rue contra'' Andrew Hou?toun” in ''The Deci?ions of the Lords of Council & Se??ion I (Edinburgh, 1683),
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-05-17
, author=George Monbiot, authorlink=George Monbiot
, title=Money just makes the rich suffer
, volume=188, issue=23, page=19
, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
To admit as true what is not yet satisfactorily proved; to yield belief to; to allow; to yield; to concede.
* , Preface ("The Infidel Half Century"), section "In Quest of the First Cause":
To assent; to consent.
The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission.
The yielding or admission of something in dispute.
The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon.
(legal) A transfer of property by deed or writing; especially, an appropriation or conveyance made by the government; as, a grant of land or of money; also, the deed or writing by which the transfer is made.
(informal) An application for a grant (monetary boon to aid research or the like).
To admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in; as, to acknowledge the being of a god.
:* I acknowledge my transgressions. - ''Psalm 51:3 .
:* ''For ends generally acknowledged to be good. -
To own or recognize in a particular quality, character or relationship; to admit the claims or authority of; to give recognition to.
:* In all thy ways acknowledge Him. - ''Proverbs 3:6
:* By my soul, I'll ne'er acknowledge thee. - , III-v
To own with gratitude or as a benefit or an obligation; as, to acknowledge a favor.
:* ''They his gifts acknowledged none. -
To notify receipt, as of a letter.
To own as genuine or valid; to assent to, as a legal instrument, to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form; as, to acknowledge a deed.
As verbs the difference between grant and acknowledge
is that grant is to give over; to make conveyance of; to give the possession or title of; to convey; -- usually in answer to petition while acknowledge is to admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in; as, to acknowledge the being of a god.As a noun grant
is the act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission.As a proper noun Grant
is {{surname|A=An|English|from=nicknames}} and a Scottish clan name, from a nickname meaning "large".grant
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Alternative forms
* graunt (obsolete)Verb
(en verb)page 548:
- He Su?pends on the?e Rea?ons, that Thomas Rue'' had granted a general Di?charge to ''Adam Mu?het'', who was his Conjunct, and ''correus debendi'', after the alleadged Service, which Di?charged ''Mu?het'', and con?equently ''Houstoun his Partner.
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- The universe exists, said the father: somebody must have made it. If that somebody exists, said I, somebody must have made him. I grant that for the sake of argument, said the Oratorian.
Noun
(en noun)- I got a grant from the government to study archeology in Egypt.''
