Admit vs. Enroll — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Admit and Enroll
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Admit
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
Enroll
To enter or register in a roll, list, or record
Enrolled the child in kindergarten.
Enroll the minutes of the meeting.
Admit
Allow (someone) to enter a place
Old-age pensioners are admitted free to the museum
Enroll
To roll or wrap up.
Admit
Accept as valid
The courts can refuse to admit police evidence which has been illegally obtained
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Enroll
To write or print a final copy of; engross.
Admit
Allow the possibility of
The need to inform him was too urgent to admit of further delay
Enroll
To place one's name on a roll or register; sign up
We enrolled in the army.
Admit
To grant to be real, valid, or true; acknowledge or concede
Even proponents of the technology admit that it doesn't always work as well as it should.
Enroll
(transitive) To enter (a name, etc.) in a register, roll or list
Admit
To disclose or confess (guilt or an error, for example).
Enroll
(transitive) To enlist (someone) or make (someone) a member of
They were eager to enroll new recruits.
Admit
To afford opportunity for; permit
We must admit no delay in the proceedings.
Enroll
(intransitive) To enlist oneself (in something) or become a member (of something)
Have you enrolled in classes yet for this term?
Admit
To allow to enter
A crack in the wall that admitted some light.
Enroll
To envelop; to enwrap.
Admit
To grant the right to enter
This ticket admits two to the performance of the play.
Enroll
To insert in a roil; to register or enter in a list or catalogue or on rolls of court; hence, to record; to insert in records; to leave in writing; as, to enroll men for service; to enroll a decree or a law; also, reflexively, to enlist.
An unwritten law of common right, so engraven in the hearts of our ancestors, and by them so constantly enjoyed and claimed, as that it needed not enrolling.
All the citizen capable of bearing arms enrolled themselves.
Admit
To accept into an organization or group
The college admits fine arts students.
Enroll
To envelop; to inwrap; to involve.
Admit
To accept (someone) as an inpatient in a hospital.
Enroll
Register formally as a participant or member;
The party recruited many new members
Admit
To accept into evidence as relevant and otherwise admissible
The judge admitted the testimony of the expert.
Admit
To afford possibility
A problem that admits of no solution.
Admit
To allow entrance; afford access
A door admitting to the hall.
Admit
To make acknowledgment; confess
Admitted to committing the crime.
Admitted to a weakness for sweets.
Admit
One who is admitted.
Admit
(transitive) To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration
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
Admit
(transitive) To allow (someone) to enter a profession 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
Admit
(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
Admit
(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.
Admit
(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
Admit
(transitive) To allow to enter a hospital or similar facility for treatment.
Admit
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.
Admit
To give a right of entrance; as, a ticket admits one into a playhouse.
Admit
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.
Admit
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.
Admit
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.
Admit
Declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of;
He admitted his errors
She acknowledged that she might have forgotten
Admit
Allow to enter; grant entry to;
We cannot admit non-members into our club
Admit
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
Admit
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
Admit
Afford possibility;
This problem admits of no solution
This short story allows of several different interpretations
Admit
Give access or entrance to;
The French doors admit onto the yard
Admit
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
Admit
Serve as a means of entrance;
This ticket will admit one adult to the show
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