different between consent vs correspond
consent
English
Etymology
Recorded in Middle English since circa 1225, borrowed from Old French consentir, from Latin c?nsent?re, present active infinitive of c?nsenti? (“to feel together”), itself from com- (“with”) + senti? (“to feel”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?n?s?nt/
- Rhymes: -?nt
- Hyphenation: con?sent
Verb
consent (third-person singular simple present consents, present participle consenting, simple past and past participle consented) (intransitive)
- To express willingness, to give permission.
- (medicine) To cause to sign a consent form.
- (obsolete) To grant; to allow; to assent to.
- To agree in opinion or sentiment; to be of the same mind; to accord; to concur.
- And Saul was consenting unto his death.
- Flourishing many years before Wyclif, and much consenting with him in judgment.
Usage notes
- This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Synonyms
- (intransitive): acquiesce, agree, approve, assent, concur, yes
Antonyms
- (intransitive): disagree, object, oppose
Related terms
Translations
Noun
consent (countable and uncountable, plural consents)
- Voluntary agreement or permission.
- (obsolete) Unity or agreement of opinion, sentiment, or inclination.
- And they all with one consent began to make excuse.
- (obsolete) Advice; counsel.
Synonyms
- (voluntary agreement): agreement, approval, assent, consensualness, permission, willingness, yes
Antonyms
- (voluntary agreement): dissent, disagreement, opposition, refusal
Derived terms
- consenter
- consentaneous
- age of consent
Translations
Further reading
- consent at OneLook Dictionary Search
- consent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- nocents
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??.s??/
Verb
consent
- third-person singular present indicative of consentir
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correspond
English
Etymology
From Middle French correspondre, from Latin com- (“with”) + respondeo (“to match, to answer to”)
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k????sp?nd/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k????sp?nd/
- (NYC) IPA(key): /?k????sp?nd/
- Hyphenation: cor?res?pond
- Rhymes: -?nd
Verb
correspond (third-person singular simple present corresponds, present participle corresponding, simple past and past participle corresponded)
- (intransitive, constructed with to) To be equivalent or similar in character, quantity, quality, origin, structure, function etc.
- (intransitive, constructed with with) to exchange messages, especially by postal letter, over a period of time.
- I've been corresponding with my German pen pal for three years.
- (obsolete) To have sex with.
- 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol. III, ch. 88:
- He pleaded guilty to the charge, so far as acknowledging that he had corresponded with other women lately, in order to get the better of his affection for me, but the experiment had failed, and he found that he should be for ever miserable.
- 1756, Thomas Amory, Life of John Buncle:
- When a Babylonian and his wife had a mind to correspond, they always first lit up the fuming pan, imagining it improved the passion.
- 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol. III, ch. 88:
Translations
French
Verb
correspond
- third-person singular present indicative of correspondre
correspond From the web:
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- what corresponds to a number on the y-axis
- what correspondence means
- what corresponds by complementary base-pairing with a codon
- what corresponding
- what corresponds to a single fascicle
- what corresponds to x values
- what corresponding angles are congruent
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