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allow vs afford

afford vs allow

allow and afford both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
allow No No Yes No
afford No No Yes No
As verbs, afford is a hypernym of allow; that is, afford is a word with a broader meaning than allow:
  • allow: make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain
  • afford: be the cause or source of
Other hypernyms of allow include give, yield.
allow (verb) afford (verb)
allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something be able to spare or give up
give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause be the cause or source of
consent to, give permission; permit afford access to
allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting have the financial means to do something or buy something
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
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