accept vs profess

accept and profess both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
accept	No	No	Yes	No
profess	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, profess is a hyponym of accept; that is, profess is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than accept:

accept (verb)	profess (verb)
consider or hold as true	practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about
react favorably to; consider right and proper	take vows, as in religious order
tolerate or accommodate oneself to	admit (to a wrongdoing)
be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal	confess one's faith in, or allegiance to
give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to	state insincerely
receive willingly something given or offered	receive into a religious order or congregation
take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person	state freely
admit into a group or community
receive (a report) officially, as from a committee
make use of or accept for some purpose
be designed to hold or take