afford vs allow

allow vs afford

afford and allow both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
afford	No	No	Yes	No
allow	No	No	Yes	No

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

afford: be the cause or source of
allow: make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain

Other hyponyms of afford include open, open up, allow for, leave, provide.

afford (verb)	allow (verb)
be able to spare or give up	allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something
be the cause or source of	give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
afford access to	consent to, give permission; permit
have the financial means to do something or buy something	allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting
	let have
	grant as a discount or in exchange
	make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
	allow the other (baseball) team to score
	make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain
	afford possibility

Difference between afford and allow

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