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Permission vs Admittance - What's the difference?

permission | admittance |

As nouns the difference between permission and admittance

is that permission is authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority) while admittance is the act of admitting.

permission

English

Noun

  • authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority)
  • Sire, do I have your permission to execute this traitor?
  • The act of permitting.
  • (computing) flags or access control lists pertaining to a file that dictate who can access it, and how.
  • I used the "chmod" command to change the file's permission .

    Antonyms

    * prohibition

    Derived terms

    * permissible * permissioning * permissive * planning permission

    Anagrams

    * impression

    admittance

    English

    Alternative forms

    * admittaunce (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of admitting.
  • Permission to enter, the power or right of entrance.
  • Actual entrance, reception.
  • (euphemistic, hypocoristic) The vulva, especially the labia majora.
  • {{quote-Fanny Hill, part=2 , He tries again, still no admittance , still no penetration; but he had hurt me yet more, whilst my extreme love made me bear extreme pain, almost without a groan. }}
  • (British, legal) The act of giving possession of a copyhold estate.
  • (physics) The reciprocal of impedance
  • Synonyms

    * admission, access, entrance, initiation