Tacit vs Acquiescence - What's the difference?
tacit | acquiescence |
Expressed in silence; implied, but not made explicit; silent.
* 1983 , Stanley Rosen, Plato’s'' Sophist: The Drama of Original & Image , page 62:
* 2004 , Developing Democracy in Europe: An Analytical Summary (Lawrence Pratchett, ?Vivien Lowndes; ISBN 9287155798):
(logic) Not derived from formal principles of reasoning; based on induction rather than deduction.
A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent content; - distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.
(legal) Submission to an injury by the party injured, or tacit concurrence in the action of another.
In lang=en terms the difference between tacit and acquiescence
is that tacit is not derived from formal principles of reasoning; based on induction rather than deduction while acquiescence is submission to an injury by the party injured, or tacit concurrence in the action of another.As an adjective tacit
is expressed in silence; implied, but not made explicit; silent.As a noun acquiescence is
a silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent content; - distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.tacit
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- tacit consent : consent by silence, or by not raising an objection
- He does this by way of a tacit reference to Homer.
