Difference between Take and Accept

What is the difference between Take and Accept?

Take as a verb is to grasp with the hands. while Accept as a verb is to receive, especially with a consent, with favour or with approval.

Take

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An act of taking. Something that is taken. A (1) profit, (2) reward, (3) bribe, illegal payoff or unethical kickback. An interpretation or view. An attempt to record a scene. A catch. A facial gesture in response to an event. A catch of the ball, especially by the wicket-keeper.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To grasp with the hands. To grab and move to oneself. To get into one's possession. To accept. To gain a position by force. To have sex forcefully with, possibly without consent. To carry, particularly to a particular destination. To choose. To support or carry without failing or breaking. To endure or cope with. To not swing at a pitch To ingest medicine, drugs, etc. To assume or interpret to be. To enroll (in a class, or a course of study). To participate in, undergo, or experience. To tighten (take up) a belaying rope. Often used imperatively. To fight or attempt to fight somebody. (See also take on.) To stick, persist, thrive or remain. To become. To catch the ball; especially for the wicket-keeper to catch the ball after the batsman has missed or edged it. To require. To capture using a photographic camera. To last or expend [an amount of time]. To use To consider as an instance or example.

Example sentence: I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

Accept

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To receive, especially with a consent, with favour or with approval.To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to; as, I accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse.To endure patiently.(commerce) To agree to pay.To receive officially; as, to accept the report of a committee.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Accepted.

Example sentence: We've got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's going to get on by itself. You've got to keep watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it.

We hope you now know whether to use Take or Accept in your sentence.

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