different between admittance vs acknowledgment

English

Alternative forms

• admittaunce (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?m?t.n?s/

Noun

admittance (countable and uncountable, plural admittances)

1. The act of admitting.
2. Permission to enter, the power or right of entrance.
3. Actual entrance, reception.
4. (Britain, law) The act of giving possession of a copyhold estate.
5. (physics) The reciprocal of impedance

Synonyms

• admission, access, entrance, initiation

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ad.mi.t??s/
• Rhymes: -??s

Noun

admittance f (plural admittances)

1. (physics) admittance

English

Alternative forms

• acknowledgement (most common British spelling, also sometimes used in the US)

Etymology

acknowledge +? -ment

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?n?l.?d??.m?nt/, /???n?l.?d??.m?nt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?n?l.?d??.m?nt/, /???n?l.?d??.m?nt/
• Hyphenation: ac?know?ledg?ment

Noun

acknowledgment (countable and uncountable, plural acknowledgments)

1. The act of acknowledging

   Synonym: admission.

2. The act of recognizing in a particular character or relationship; recognition of existence, authority, truth, or genuineness.
3. A reward or other expression or token of gratitude.
4. An expression of gratitude for a benefit or an obligation.

5. A message from the addressee informing the originator that the originator's communication has been received and understood.

6. (telecommunications, computing, networking) A response (ACK) sent by a receiver to indicate successful receipt of a transmission (See Wikipedia article on transmission).
7. A recognition as genuine or valid; an avowing or admission in legal form.

8. (law) The act of a person admitting a child as their own.
9. (law) A formal statement or document recognizing the fulfillment or execution of a legal requirement or procedure.

Synonyms

• (act of acknowledging): confession, concession, recognition, admission, avowal, recognizance, ACK

Translations

Further reading

• acknowledgment at OneLook Dictionary Search
• acknowledgment in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.