The difference between Allow and Assent

When used as verbs, allow means to grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield, whereas assent means to agree.

Assent is also noun with the meaning: agreement.

check bellow for the other definitions of Allow and Assent

Allow as a verb (transitive):

To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have.

Examples:

"to allow a servant his liberty; to allow a free passage; to allow one day for rest"
Allow as a verb (transitive):

To acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion.

Examples:

"to allow a right; to allow a claim; to allow the truth of a proposition"
Allow as a verb (transitive):

To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct.

Examples:

"To allow a sum for leakage."
Allow as a verb (transitive):

To grant license to; to permit; to consent to.

Examples:

"To allow a son to be absent."

"Smoking allowed only in designated areas."
Allow as a verb:

To not bar or obstruct.

Examples:

"Although I don't consent to their holding such meetings, I will allow them for the time being."
Allow as a verb (intransitive):

To acknowledge or concede.
Allow as a verb (transitive):

To take into account by making an allowance.

Examples:

"When calculating a budget for a construction project, always allow for [[contingency contingencies]]."
Allow as a verb (transitive):

To render physically possible.
Allow as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.
Allow as a verb (obsolete):

To sanction; to invest; to entrust.
Allow as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

To like; to be suited or pleased with.

Assent as a noun:

agreement; act of agreeing

Examples:

"I will give this act my assent."