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accept vs take over

take over vs accept

accept and take over both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
accept No No Yes No
take over No No Yes No
As verbs, take over is a hyponym of accept; that is, take over is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than accept:
  • accept: receive willingly something given or offered
  • take over: take up and practice as one's own
Other hyponyms of accept include accept, admit, take, take on, welcome, honor, honour, adopt, borrow, take up.
As verbs, accept and take over are synonyms defined as:
  • accept and take over: take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
Other synonyms of accept include assume, bear.
accept (verb) take over (verb)
consider or hold as true take up, as of debts or payments
react favorably to; consider right and proper take over ownership of; of corporations and companies
tolerate or accommodate oneself to take up and practice as one's own
be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession
receive willingly something given or offered free someone temporarily from his or her obligations
take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
admit into a group or community do over
receive (a report) officially, as from a committee
make use of or accept for some purpose
be designed to hold or take
Difference between accept and take over

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