Admit vs. Accept

Admitverb

(transitive) To allow to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration; to receive; to take.

‘A ticket admits one into a playhouse.’; ‘They were admitted into his house.’; ‘to admit a serious thought into the mind’; ‘to admit evidence in the trial of a cause’;

Acceptverb

(transitive) To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval.

Admitverb

(transitive) To allow (one) to enter on an office or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise.

‘to admit an attorney to practice law’; ‘the prisoner was admitted to bail’;

Acceptverb

(transitive) To admit to a place or a group.

‘The Boy Scouts were going to accept him as a member.’;

Admitverb

(transitive) To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny

‘the argument or fact is admitted’; ‘he admitted his guilt’; ‘she admitted taking drugs / she admitted to taking drugs’;

Acceptverb

(transitive) To regard as proper, usual, true, or to believe in.

‘I accept the notion that Christ lived.’;

Admitverb

(transitive) To be capable of; to permit. In this sense, "of" may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.

‘the words do not admit such a construction.’;

Acceptverb

(transitive) To receive as adequate or satisfactory.

Admitverb

(intransitive) To give warrant or allowance, to grant opportunity or permission (+ of).

‘circumstances do not admit of this’; ‘the text does not admit of this interpretation’;

Acceptverb

(transitive) To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.

‘I accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse.’;

Admitverb

(transitive) To allow to enter a hospital or similar facility for treatment.

Acceptverb

(transitive) To endure patiently.

‘I accept my punishment.’;

Admitverb

To suffer to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to take; as, they were into his house; to admit a serious thought into the mind; to admit evidence in the trial of a cause.

Acceptverb

To agree to pay.

Admitverb

To give a right of entrance; as, a ticket admits one into a playhouse.

Acceptverb

(transitive) To receive officially.

‘to accept the report of a committee’;

Admitverb

To allow (one) to enter on an office or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise; as, to admit an attorney to practice law; the prisoner was admitted to bail.

Acceptverb

(intransitive) To receive something willingly.

‘I accept.’;

Admitverb

To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny; to own or confess; as, the argument or fact is admitted; he admitted his guilt.

Acceptadjective

(obsolete) Accepted.

Admitverb

To be capable of; to permit; as, the words do not admit such a construction. In this sense, of may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.

‘Both Houses declared that they could admit of no treaty with the king.’;

Acceptverb

To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; - often followed by of.

‘If you accept them, then their worth is great.’; ‘To accept of ransom for my son.’; ‘She accepted of a treat.’;

Admitverb

declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of;

‘He admitted his errors’; ‘She acknowledged that she might have forgotten’;

Acceptverb

To receive with favor; to approve.

‘The Lord accept thy burnt sacrifice.’; ‘Peradventure he will accept of me.’;

Admitverb

allow to enter; grant entry to;

‘We cannot admit non-members into our club’;

Acceptverb

To receive or admit and agree to; to assent to; as, I accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse.

Admitverb

allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of;

‘admit someone to the profession’; ‘She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar’;

Acceptverb

To take by the mind; to understand; as, How are these words to be accepted?

Admitverb

admit into a group or community;

‘accept students for graduate study’; ‘We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member’;

Acceptverb

To receive as obligatory and promise to pay; as, to accept a bill of exchange.

Admitverb

afford possibility;

‘This problem admits of no solution’; ‘This short story allows of several different interpretations’;

Acceptverb

In a deliberate body, to receive in acquittance of a duty imposed; as, to accept the report of a committee. [This makes it the property of the body, and the question is then on its adoption.]

Admitverb

give access or entrance to;

‘The French doors admit onto the yard’;

Acceptadjective

Accepted.

Admitverb

have room for; hold without crowding;

‘This hotel can accommodate 250 guests’; ‘The theater admits 300 people’; ‘The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people’;

Acceptverb

consider or hold as true;

‘I cannot accept the dogma of this church’; ‘accept an argument’;

Admitverb

serve as a means of entrance;

‘This ticket will admit one adult to the show’;

Acceptverb

receive willingly something given or offered;

‘The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter’; ‘I won't have this dog in my house!’; ‘Please accept my present’;

Admitverb

confess to be true or to be the case

‘‘I am feeling pretty tired,’ Jane admitted’; ‘the Home Office finally admitted that several prisoners had been injured’;

Acceptverb

give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to;

‘I cannot accept your invitation’; ‘I go for this resolution’;

Admitverb

confess to (a crime or fault, or one's responsibility for it)

‘he was sentenced to prison after admitting 47 charges of burglary’; ‘the paramilitaries admitted to the illegal possession of arms’;

Acceptverb

react favorably to; consider right and proper;

‘People did not accept atonal music at that time’; ‘We accept the idea of universal health care’;

Admitverb

acknowledge (a failure or fault)

‘after searching for an hour, she finally had to admit defeat’;

Acceptverb

admit into a group or community;

‘accept students for graduate study’; ‘We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member’;

Admitverb

allow (someone) to enter a place

‘old-age pensioners are admitted free to the museum’;

Acceptverb

take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person;

‘I'll accept the charges’; ‘She agreed to bear the responsibility’;

Admitverb

receive (a patient) into a hospital for treatment

‘she was admitted to hospital suffering from a chest infection’;

Acceptverb

tolerate or accommodate oneself to;

‘I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions’; ‘I swallowed the insult’; ‘She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncracies’;

Admitverb

allow (a person, country, etc.) to join an organization

‘Canada was admitted to the League of Nations’;

Acceptverb

be designed to hold or take;

‘This surface will not take the dye’;

Admitverb

allow (someone) to share in a privilege

‘he was admitted to the freedom of the city in 1583’;

Acceptverb

of a deliberative body: receive (a report) officially, as from a committee

Admitverb

accept as valid

‘the courts can refuse to admit police evidence which has been illegally obtained’;

Acceptverb

make use of or accept for some purpose;

‘take a risk’; ‘take an opportunity’;

Admitverb

allow the possibility of

‘the need to inform him was too urgent to admit of further delay’;

Acceptverb

be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal;

‘The cow accepted the bull’;