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Old 01-Sep-2006, 17:31
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Default Difference between "admit" and "Confess"
Could you please let me know the difference between these two words with example.

"Admit" and "Confess"

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Nasir
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Old 01-Sep-2006, 20:41
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Default Re: Difference between "admit" and "Confess"
Confess has religious connotations- Catholics go to confession, so people tend to use confess in such cases. Admit can be used for simple accepteance of the truth- people admit they are wrong, meaning that they realise and understand this.
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Old 01-Sep-2006, 23:03
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Default Re: Difference between "admit" and "Confess"
Right!
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Old 02-Sep-2006, 00:04
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Default Re: Difference between "admit" and "Confess"
In addition to sins, people confess crimes, weaknesses, faults or they confess to things. I confess to never having studied for that test.
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