Accept vs. Acknowledge
Acceptverb
(transitive) To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval.
Acceptverb
(transitive) To admit to a place or a group.
Acceptverb
(transitive) To regard as proper, usual, true, or to believe in.
Acceptverb
(transitive) To receive as adequate or satisfactory.
Acceptverb
(transitive) To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.
Acceptverb
(transitive) To endure patiently.
Acceptverb
To agree to pay.
Acceptverb
(transitive) To receive officially.
Acceptverb
(intransitive) To receive something willingly.
Acceptadjective
(obsolete) Accepted.
Acceptverb
To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; - often followed by of.
Acceptverb
To receive with favor; to approve.
Acceptverb
To receive or admit and agree to; to assent to; as, I accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse.
Acceptverb
To take by the mind; to understand; as, How are these words to be accepted?
Acceptverb
To receive as obligatory and promise to pay; as, to accept a bill of exchange.
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.]
Acceptadjective
Accepted.
Acceptverb
consider or hold as true;
Acceptverb
receive willingly something given or offered;
Acceptverb
give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to;
Acceptverb
react favorably to; consider right and proper;
Acceptverb
admit into a group or community;
Acceptverb
take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person;
Acceptverb
tolerate or accommodate oneself to;
Acceptverb
be designed to hold or take;
Acceptverb
of a deliberative body: receive (a report) officially, as from a committee
Acceptverb
make use of or accept for some purpose;
Acceptverb
be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal;
Acknowledgeverb
(transitive) To admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in
Acknowledgeverb
To own or recognize in a particular quality, character or relationship; to admit the claims or authority of; to give recognition to.
Acknowledgeverb
To be grateful of (e.g. a benefit or an favour)
Acknowledgeverb
To notify receipt, as of a letter.
Acknowledgeverb
To own as genuine or valid; to assent to (a legal instrument) to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form.
Acknowledgeverb
To own or admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in; as, to acknowledge the being of a God.
Acknowledgeverb
To own or recognize in a particular character or relationship; to admit the claims or authority of; to give recognition to.
Acknowledgeverb
To own with gratitude or as a benefit or an obligation; as, to acknowledge a favor, the receipt of a letter.
Acknowledgeverb
To own as genuine; to assent to, as a legal instrument, to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form; as, to acknowledge a deed.
Acknowledgeverb
declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of;
Acknowledgeverb
report the receipt of;
Acknowledgeverb
express recognition of the presence or existence of, or acquaintance with;
Acknowledgeverb
express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for;
Acknowledgeverb
accept as legally binding and valid;
Acknowledgeverb
accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority;
Acknowledgeverb
accept or admit the existence or truth of
Acknowledgeverb
recognize the importance or quality of
Acknowledgeverb
express gratitude for or appreciation of
Acknowledgeverb
accept the validity or legitimacy of
Acknowledgeverb
show that one has noticed or recognized (someone) by making a gesture or greeting
Acknowledgeverb
confirm (receipt of something)
