Difference between Permit and Allow

What is the difference between Permit and Allow?

Permit as a verb is to hand over, resign (something to someone). while Allow as a verb is to grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have.

Permit

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To hand over, resign (something to someone). To allow (something) to happen, to give permission for. To allow (someone) to do something; to give permission to. To allow for, to make something possible. To allow, to admit (of).

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Formal permission. An artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal. A pompano of the species Trachinotus falcatus.

Example sentence: I am persuaded, you will permit me to observe, that the path of true piety is so plain as to require but little political direction.

Allow

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have.To acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion.To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; esp. to abate or deduct;To grant license to; to permit; to consent to.To let something happen, to admit; to concede;To take into account by making an allowance.

Example sentence: Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

We hope you now know whether to use Permit or Allow in your sentence.

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