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Ratification vs Accession - What's the difference?

ratification | accession |

As nouns the difference between ratification and accession

is that ratification is the act or process of ratifying, or the state of being ratified while accession is a coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's accession to a confederacy.

As a verb accession is

to make a record of (additions to a collection).

ratification

English

(wikipedia ratification)

Noun

(en noun)
  • the act or process of ratifying, or the state of being ratified
  • a formal declaration of agreement to a treaty etc

    • accession

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's accession to a confederacy.
  • Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without.
  • * (rfdate)
    • The only accession that the Roman empire received was the province of Britain.
  • (legal) A mode of acquiring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance which receives an addition by growth, or by labor, has a right to the part or thing added, or the improvement (provided the thing is not changed into a different species).
  • (legal) The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers.
  • The act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity.
  • (medicine) The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm.
  • Agreement.
  • Access; admittance.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a record of (additions to a collection).

    • Antonyms

    * deaccession

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