mental attitude vs acceptance

acceptance vs mental attitude

mental attitude and acceptance both are nouns.

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

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

mental 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 mental 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.

mental attitude (noun)	acceptance (noun)
a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways	the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception
	the act of taking something that is offered
	a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations
	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 mental attitude and acceptance

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