allow for vs afford

allow for and afford both are verbs.

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

As verbs, afford is a hypernym of allow for; that is, afford is a word with a broader meaning than allow for:

allow for: 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 for include give, yield.

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