The difference between Admit and Own
When used as verbs, admit means to allow to enter, whereas own means to have rightful possession of (property, goods or capital).
Own is also adjective with the meaning: belonging to.
check bellow for the other definitions of Admit and Own
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Admit as a verb (transitive):
To allow to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration; to receive; to take.
Examples:
"A ticket admits one into a playhouse."
"They were admitted into his house."
"to admit a serious thought into the mind"
"to admit evidence in the trial of a cause"
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Admit as a verb (transitive):
To allow (one) to enter on an office or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise.
Examples:
"to admit an attorney to practice law"
"the prisoner was admitted to bail"
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Admit as a verb (transitive):
To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny
Examples:
"the argument or fact is admitted"
"he admitted his guilt"
"she admitted taking drugs'' / ''she admitted to taking drugs"
"synonyms: own up confess"
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Admit as a verb (transitive):
To be capable of; to permit. In this sense, "of" may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.
Examples:
"the words do not admit such a construction."
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Admit as a verb (intransitive):
To give warrant or allowance, to grant opportunity or permission (+ ).
Examples:
"circumstances do not admit of this"
"the text does not admit of this interpretation"
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Admit as a verb (transitive):
To allow to enter a hospital or similar facility for treatment.
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Own as a verb (transitive):
To have rightful possession of (property, goods or capital); to have legal title to.
Examples:
"I own this car."
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Own as a verb (transitive):
To have recognized political sovereignty over a place, territory, as distinct from the ordinary connotation of property ownership.
Examples:
"The United States owns Point Roberts by the terms of the Treaty of Oregon."
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Own as a verb (transitive):
To defeat or embarrass; to overwhelm.
Examples:
"I will own my enemies."
"If he wins, he will own you."
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Own as a verb (transitive):
To virtually or figuratively enslave.
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Own as a verb (online gaming, slang):
To defeat, dominate, or be above, also spelled .
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Own as a verb (transitive, computing, slang):
To illicitly obtain superuser or root access to a computer system, thereby having access to all of the user files on that system; pwn.
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Own as an adjective:
Belonging to; possessed; proper to. Often marks a possessive determiner as reflexive, referring back to the subject of the clause or sentence.
Examples:
"They went that way, but we need to find our own."
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Own as an adjective (obsolete):
Peculiar, domestic.
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Own as an adjective (obsolete):
Not foreign.
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Own as a verb (transitive, obsolete):
To grant; give.
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Own as a verb (intransitive):
To admit, concede, grant, allow, acknowledge, confess; not to deny.
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Own as a verb (transitive):
To admit; concede; acknowledge.
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Own as a verb (transitive):
To answer to.
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Own as a verb (transitive):
To recognise; acknowledge.
Examples:
"to own one as a son"
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Own as a verb (transitive):
To claim as one's own.
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Own as a verb (intransitive, UK, _, dialectal):
To confess.