state of affairs vs acceptance

acceptance vs state of affairs

state of affairs and acceptance both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
state of affairs	Yes	No	No	No
acceptance	Yes	No	No	No

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

state of affairs: the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time
acceptance: the state of being acceptable and accepted

Other hyponyms of state of affairs include absurd, the absurd, ballgame, new ballgame, challenge, childlessness, complication, crowding, disequilibrium, element, environment, equilibrium, exclusion, fish bowl, fishbowl, goldfish bowl, hotbed, inclusion, intestacy, picture, scene, prison, prison house, rejection, size, size of it, square one, status quo, thing.

state of affairs (noun)	acceptance (noun)
the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time	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 state of affairs and acceptance

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