attainment vs accession

accession vs attainment

attainment and accession both are nouns.

attainment is not a verb while accession is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
attainment	Yes	No	No	No
accession	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, accession is a hyponym of attainment; that is, accession is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than attainment:

attainment: the act of achieving an aim
accession: the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne)

Other hyponyms of attainment include record, success, course credit, credit, rise to power.

attainment (noun)	accession (noun)
the act of achieving an aim	the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne)
arrival at a new stage	the right to enter
an ability that has been acquired by training	agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly)
	something added to what you already have
	(civil law) the right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement
	a process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group)

attainment (verb)	accession (verb)
	make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library

Difference between attainment and accession

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