Admission vs. Permission

Admission vs. Permission — Is There a Difference?

Difference Between Admission and Permission

Admissionnoun

The act of admitting or allowing to enter

The admission of new students occurs in the spring.

Permissionnoun

The act of permitting, especially in giving formal consent; authorization

Do they have permission to leave?.

Admissionnoun

The right to enter or be accepted

The ticket grants admission to the show.

Permissionnoun

An authorization to do something, as to quote from a book under copyright.

Admissionnoun

The price required or paid for entering; an entrance fee.

Permissionnoun

authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority)

Sire, do I have your permission to execute this traitor?

Admissionnoun

The people admitted, as to an institution

Hospital admissions rose last month.

Permissionnoun

The act of permitting.

Admissionnoun

A disclosure or confession, as of having made a mistake or done something wrong.

Permissionnoun

(computing) flags or access control lists pertaining to a file that dictate who can access it, and how.

I used the "chmod" command to change the file's permission.

Admissionnoun

A voluntary acknowledgment of a fact or truth; a concession

By his own admission the project was underfunded.

Permissionverb

(transitive) To grant or obtain authorization for.

Admissionnoun

(Law) A statement against one's personal interests that can be used as evidence in a law case.

Permissionnoun

approval to do something;

he asked permission to leave

Admissionnoun

The act or practice of admitting.

Permissionnoun

the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization

Admissionnoun

Power or permission to enter; admittance; entrance; access; power to approach.

Admissionnoun

The granting of an argument or position not fully proved; the act of acknowledging something asserted; acknowledgment; concession.

Admissionnoun

(legal) Acquiescence or concurrence in a statement made by another, and distinguishable from a confession in that an admission presupposes prior inquiry by another, but a confession may be made without such inquiry.

Admissionnoun

A fact, point, or statement admitted; as, admission made out of court are received in evidence

Admissionnoun

Declaration of the bishop that he approves of the presentee as a fit person to serve the cure of the church to which he is presented.

Admissionnoun

The cost or fee associated with attendance or entry.

There is no way he has seen that show, the admission is more than he makes in a week.

Admissionnoun

the act of admitting someone to enter;

the surgery was performed on his second admission to the clinic

Admissionnoun

an acknowledgment of the truth of something

Admissionnoun

the fee charged for admission