acceptance vs acknowledgment

acknowledgment vs acceptance

acceptance and acknowledgment both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
acceptance	Yes	No	No	No
acknowledgment	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, acknowledgment is a hyponym of acceptance; that is, acknowledgment is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than acceptance:

acceptance: the state of being acceptable and accepted
acknowledgment: the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged

Other hyponyms of acceptance include vogue, acknowledgement, recognition, approval, favorable reception, favourable reception, acceptation, content, contentedness, acquiescence, welcome.

acceptance (noun)	acknowledgment (noun)
the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception	a statement acknowledging something or someone
the act of taking something that is offered	a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations	the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true
(contract law) words signifying consent to the terms of an offer (thereby creating a contract)
a time draft drawn on and accepted by a bank
the state of being acceptable and accepted

Difference between acceptance and acknowledgment

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