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allow vs admit

admit vs allow

allow and admit both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
allow No No Yes No
admit No No Yes No
As verbs, admit is a hyponym of allow; that is, admit is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than allow:
  • allow: consent to, give permission; permit
  • admit: allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of
Other hyponyms of allow include abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate, furlough, give, allow, permit, tolerate, authorise, authorize, clear, pass, include, let in, favor, favour, privilege, decriminalise, decriminalize, legalise, legalize, legitimate, legitimatise, legitimatize, legitimise, legitimize, trust, allow in, intromit, let in.
As verbs, allow and admit are synonyms defined as:
  • allow and admit: afford possibility
allow (verb) admit (verb)
allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause admit into a group or community
consent to, give permission; permit allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of
allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting allow to enter; grant entry to
let have give access or entrance to
grant as a discount or in exchange serve as a means of entrance
make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen have room for; hold without crowding
allow the other (baseball) team to score afford possibility
make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain
afford possibility
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