Admit vs. Join — What's the Difference?

Confess to be true or to be the case

Link; connect

Allow (someone) to enter a place

A place or line where two or more things are connected or fastened together

Accept as valid

To put or bring together so as to make continuous or form a unit

Allow the possibility of

To put or bring into close association or relationship

To grant to be real, valid, or true; acknowledge or concede

To connect (points), as with a straight line.

To disclose or confess (guilt or an error, for example).

To meet and merge with

To afford opportunity for; permit

To become a part or member of

To allow to enter

To come into the company of

To grant the right to enter

To participate with in an act or activity

To accept into an organization or group

To adjoin

To accept (someone) as an inpatient in a hospital.

To engage in; enter into

To accept into evidence as relevant and otherwise admissible

To come together so as to form a connection

To afford possibility

To act together; form an alliance

To allow entrance; afford access

To become a member of a group.

To make acknowledgment; confess

To take part; participate

One who is admitted.

A joint; a junction.

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

An intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect.

(transitive) To allow (someone) to enter a profession or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise.

An intersection of data in two or more database tables.

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

(computing) The act of joining something, such as a network.

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

(algebra) The lowest upper bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the symbol ∨.

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

(transitive) To connect or combine into one; to put together.

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

(intransitive) To come together; to meet.

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.

(intransitive) To enter into association or alliance, to unite in a common purpose.

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

(transitive) To come into the company of.

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.

(transitive) To become a member of.

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.

To produce an intersection of data in two or more database tables.

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.

To unite in marriage.

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

To enjoin upon; to command.

Allow to enter; grant entry to;

To accept, or engage in, as a contest.

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

To bring together, literally or figuratively; to place in contact; to connect; to couple; to unite; to combine; to associate; to add; to append.

Admit into a group or community;

To associate one's self to; to be or become connected with; to league one's self with; to unite with; as, to join a party; to join the church.

Afford possibility;

To unite in marriage.

Give access or entrance to;

To enjoin upon; to command.

Have room for; hold without crowding;

To accept, or engage in, as a contest; as, to join encounter, battle, issue.

Serve as a means of entrance;

To meet with and accompany; as, we joined them at the restaurant.

To combine with (another person) in performing some activity; as, join me in welcoming our new president.

To be contiguous, close, or in contact; to come together; to unite; to mingle; to form a union; as, the bones of the skull join; two rivers join.

The line joining two points; the point common to two intersecting lines.

The place or part where objects have been joined; a joint; a seam.

The combining of multiple tables to answer a query in a relational database system.

The shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made

A set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets;

Become part of; become a member of a group or organization;

Cause to become joined or linked;

Come into the company of;

Make contact or come together;

Be or become joined or united or linked;