recognition vs acceptance

recognition and acceptance both are nouns.

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

As nouns, acceptance is a hypernym of recognition; that is, acceptance is a word with a broader meaning than recognition:

recognition: an acceptance (as of a claim) as true and valid
acceptance: the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true

Other hypernyms of recognition include credence.

As nouns, acceptance is a hypernym of recognition; that is, acceptance is a word with a broader meaning than recognition:

recognition (noun)	acceptance (noun)
designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body	the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception
the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering	the act of taking something that is offered
an acceptance (as of a claim) as true and valid	a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations
coming to understand something clearly and distinctly	the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true
approval	(contract law) words signifying consent to the terms of an offer (thereby creating a contract)
the explicit and formal acknowledgement of a government or of the national independence of a country	a time draft drawn on and accepted by a bank
(biology) the ability of one molecule to attach to another molecule that has a complementary shape	the state of being acceptable and accepted
the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged