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concede vs fess up

fess up vs concede

concede and fess up both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
concede No No Yes No
fess up No No Yes No
As verbs, fess up is a hyponym of concede; that is, fess up is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than concede:
  • concede: admit (to a wrongdoing)
  • fess up: admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error
Other hyponyms of concede include make a clean breast of, own up.
concede (verb) fess up (verb)
admit (to a wrongdoing) admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error
be willing to concede
acknowledge defeat
give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
Difference between concede and fess up

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