admit or acknowlegde ?

[zoucang]

What is the difference between them? Thanks.

[emsr2d2]

What is the difference between them? Thanks.

Please look both of them up in the dictionary, read the definitions carefully, and then post a sentence for each of them. We will then comment on your use and see if you have understood correctly.

Also, please make your font smaller. Some of us are a bit older but I don't think our eyesight's quite that bad yet.

Thank you.

[TheParser]

zoucang;839260


NOT A TEACHER


(1) I had never thought about this until I saw your question.

(2) I found one answer.

(a) acknowledge: make a statement reluctantly (you don't want to), often

about something previously denied.

(i) to acknowledge a fault. (Only my example: He finally acknowledged that he is a very rude and insecure person.)

(b) admit: especially implies acknowledging something under pressure.

(i) to admit a charge. (Only my example: OK! OK! I admit that I was the one who
went to the refrigerator and took the last slice of apple pie!)


Source: The Random House Dictionary of the English Language (Unabridged), 1967.