tolerance vs acceptance

tolerance and acceptance both are nouns.

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

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

Other hyponyms of tolerance include sufferance, toleration, indulgence, lenience, leniency, overtolerance.

tolerance (noun)	acceptance (noun)
the act of tolerating something	the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception
a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits	the act of taking something that is offered
the power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions	a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations
a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior	the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true
willingness to recognize and respect the beliefs or practices of others	(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