The difference between Agreement and Consent

When used as nouns, agreement means an understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct, whereas consent means voluntary agreement or permission.

Consent is also verb with the meaning: to express willingness, to give permission.

check bellow for the other definitions of Agreement and Consent

  1. Agreement as a noun (countable):

    An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct.

    Examples:

    "to enter an agreement; the UK and US negotiators nearing agreement; he nodded his agreement."

  2. Agreement as a noun (uncountable):

    A state whereby several parties share a view or opinion; the state of not contradicting one another.

    Examples:

    "The results of my experiment are in agreement with those of Michelson and with the law of General Relativity."

  3. Agreement as a noun (uncountable, legal):

    A legally binding contract enforceable in a court of law.

  4. Agreement as a noun (uncountable, linguistics, grammar):

    Rules that exist in many languages that force some parts of a sentence to be used or inflected differently depending on certain attributes of other parts.

  5. Agreement as a noun (obsolete, chiefly, _, in the plural):

    An agreeable quality.

  1. Consent as a verb:

    To express willingness, to give permission.

    Examples:

    "After reflecting a little bit, I've consented."

  2. Consent as a verb (medicine):

    To cause to sign a consent form.

  3. Consent as a verb (obsolete):

    To grant; to allow; to assent to.

  4. Consent as a verb:

    To agree in opinion or sentiment; to be of the same mind; to accord; to concur.

  1. Consent as a noun:

    Voluntary agreement or permission.

  2. Consent as a noun (obsolete):

    Unity or agreement of opinion, sentiment, or inclination.

  3. Consent as a noun (obsolete):

    Advice; counsel.

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