afford vs allow for

afford and allow for both are verbs.

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

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

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

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

afford (verb)	allow for (verb)
be able to spare or give up	make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain
be the cause or source of
afford access to
have the financial means to do something or buy something