brook vs accept

accept vs brook

brook is a noun but accept is not a noun.

brook and accept both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
brook	Yes	No	Yes	No
accept	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, accept is a hyponym of brook; that is, accept is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than brook:

brook: put up with something or somebody unpleasant
accept: tolerate or accommodate oneself to

Other hyponyms of brook include live with, swallow, hold still for, stand for, bear up, take lying down, take a joke, sit out, pay.

brook (noun)	accept (noun)
a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)

brook (verb)	accept (verb)
put up with something or somebody unpleasant	consider or hold as true
	react favorably to; consider right and proper
	tolerate or accommodate oneself to
	be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal
	give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to
	receive willingly something given or offered
	take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
	admit into a group or community
	receive (a report) officially, as from a committee
	make use of or accept for some purpose
	be designed to hold or take

Difference between brook and accept

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