attitude vs acceptance

acceptance vs attitude

attitude and acceptance both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
attitude	Yes	No	No	No
acceptance	Yes	No	No	No

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

attitude: a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways
acceptance: the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true

Other hyponyms of attitude include credence, culture, defensive, defensive attitude, hardball, high horse, southernism, mentality, mind-set, mindset, outlook, paternalism, position, posture, stance, disposition, inclination, tendency, tolerance, intolerance, esteem, regard, respect, disrespect, reverence, irreverence, orientation, apoliticism, politicalness, anti-traditionalism, Byronism, democratism, europhilia, permissivism.

attitude (noun)	acceptance (noun)
a theatrical pose created for effect	the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception
the arrangement of the body and its limbs	the act of taking something that is offered
a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways	a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations
position of aircraft or spacecraft relative to a frame of reference (the horizon or direction of motion)	the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true
	(contract law) words signifying consent to the terms of an offer (thereby creating a contract)
	a time draft drawn on and accepted by a bank
	the state of being acceptable and accepted

Difference between attitude and acceptance

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