Induct vs Admit - What's the difference?
induct | admit |
to formally or ceremoniously install in an office, position, et cetera.
to introduce into (particularly if certain knowledge or experience is required, such as ritual adulthood or cults).
to draft into military service.
to bring in as a member.
To allow to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to take.
To allow (one) to enter on an office or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise.
To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny; to own or confess.
* 2011 , Kitty Kelley, Nancy Reagan: The Unauthorized Biography (ISBN 1451674767):
To be capable of; to permit. In this sense, "of" may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.
* Holder
To give warrant or allowance, to grant opportunity or permission (+ of).
To allow to enter a hospital or similar facility for treatment.
* {{quote-news, year=2011
, date=December 16
, author=Denis Campbell
, title=Hospital staff 'lack skills to cope with dementia patients'
, work=Guardian
As verbs the difference between induct and admit
is that induct is to formally or ceremoniously install in an office, position, et cetera while admit is .induct
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(en verb)References
* * *admit
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(admitt)- A ticket admits one into a playhouse.
- They were admitted into his house.
- to admit a serious thought into the mind
- to admit evidence in the trial of a cause
- to admit an attorney to practice law
- the prisoner was admitted to bail
- the argument or fact is admitted
- he admitted his guilt
- she admitted taking drugs'' / ''she admitted to taking drugs
- His sister, Patti, also admitted taking drugs,
- the words do not admit such a construction.
- Four bells admit twenty-four changes in ringing.
- circumstance do not admit of this
- the text does not admit of this interpretation
citation, page= , passage="This shocking report proves once again that we urgently need a radical shake-up of hospital care," said Jeremy Hughes, chief executive of the Alzheimer's Society. "Given that people with dementia occupy a quarter of hospital beds and that many leave in worse health than when they were admitted , it is unacceptable that training in dementia care is not the norm."}}