profess vs admit

profess and admit both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
profess	No	No	Yes	No
admit	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, admit is a hypernym of profess; that is, admit is a word with a broader meaning than profess:

Other hypernyms of profess include acknowledge.

As verbs, admit is a hypernym of profess; that is, admit is a word with a broader meaning than profess:

Other hypernyms of profess include accept, take, take on.

profess (verb)	admit (verb)
practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about	declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
take vows, as in religious order	admit into a group or community
admit (to a wrongdoing)	allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of
confess one's faith in, or allegiance to	allow to enter; grant entry to
state insincerely	give access or entrance to
receive into a religious order or congregation	serve as a means of entrance
state freely	have room for; hold without crowding
	afford possibility