Allowance vs. Facilitation — What's the Difference?

The act of allowing.

The act or action of facilitating

An amount that is allowed or granted

The lowering of the threshold for propagation of an action potential of a neuron.

Something, such as money, given at regular intervals or for a specific purpose

The enhancement of a neuron to a stimulus, as a result of prior repeated stimulation.

A small amount of money regularly given to a child, often as payment for household chores.

The act of facilitating or making easy.

A price reduction, especially one granted in exchange for used merchandise

(physiology) The process of synapses becoming more capable of transmitting the same type of signal each time certain types of sensory signals pass through sequences of these synapses.

To put on a fixed allowance

The act of facilitating or making easy.

To dispense in fixed quantities; ration.

The condition of being made easy (or easier);

Permission; granting, conceding, or admitting

(neurophysiology) phenomenon that occurs when two or more neural impulses that alone are not enough to trigger a response in a neuron combine to trigger an action potential

Acknowledgment.

Act of assisting or making easier the progress or improvement of something

An amount, portion, or share that is allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose

Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances

(commerce) A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, differing by country.

(horse racing) A permitted reduction in the weight that a racehorse must carry.

A child's allowance; pocket money.

(minting) A permissible deviation in the fineness and weight of coins, owing to the difficulty in securing exact conformity to the standard prescribed by law.

(obsolete) Approval; approbation.

(obsolete) License; indulgence.

(engineering) A planned deviation between an exact dimension and a nominal or theoretical dimension.

(transitive) To put upon a fixed allowance (especially of provisions and drink).

(transitive) To supply in a fixed and limited quantity.

Approval; approbation.

The act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance.

Acknowledgment.

License; indulgence.

That which is allowed; a share or portion allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose; a stated quantity, as of food or drink; hence, a limited quantity of meat and drink, when provisions fall short.

Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances; as, to make allowance for the inexperience of youth.

A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, different in different countries, such as tare and tret.

To put upon a fixed allowance (esp. of provisions and drink); to supply in a fixed and limited quantity; as, the captain was obliged to allowance his crew; our provisions were allowanced.

An amount allowed or granted (as during a given period);

A sum granted as reimbursement for expenses

An amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances;

A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits

A reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets

The act of allowing;

Put on a fixed allowance, as of food