Admit and Declare

Admit

Admit verb - To accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly.
Usage example: you can't bring yourself to admit your mistakes

Declare is a synonym for admit in acknowledge topic. In some cases you can use "Declare" instead a verb "Admit", when it comes to topics like allow, acknowledgement, confess.

Declare

Declare verb - To make known openly or publicly.

Admit is a synonym for declare in acknowledge topic. You can use "Admit" instead a verb "Declare", if it concerns topics such as acknowledgement, claim as possession.

Common collocations

love admit love declare love
role admit role declare role
state admit state declare state
identity admit identity declare identity
Other words: loss, existence, feelings, gender.

Both words in one sentence

  • Manga / Mekko Rarekko It's mainly because none of the characters admit their sexual preferences, despite all of the gay sex that happens and the characters have yet to declare their feelings for anyone.
  • Don't Go in the Woods Fleeing back to the town, she finds the ponies have become creepy, undead monsters, who admit to killing the filly for getting her Cutie Mark and declare they will "protect" Apple Bloom from a similar fate.
  • Brutal Honesty Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea: The Post-Gull Nekoyama employs this in his casual conversation, particularly when he gets Samekichi to admit that he loves Wadanohara; Nekoyama proceeds to declare his crush "appallingly obvious", and then says everyone in the ocean knows.
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