The difference between Allow and Deny

When used as verbs, allow means to grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield, whereas deny means to not allow.

check bellow for the other definitions of Allow and Deny

  1. 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"

  2. 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"

  3. 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."

  4. 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."

  5. 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."

  6. Allow as a verb (intransitive):

    To acknowledge or concede.

  7. 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]]."

  8. Allow as a verb (transitive):

    To render physically possible.

  9. Allow as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.

  10. Allow as a verb (obsolete):

    To sanction; to invest; to entrust.

  11. Allow as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To like; to be suited or pleased with.

  1. Deny as a verb (transitive):

    To not allow.

    Examples:

    "I wanted to go to the party, but I was denied."

  2. Deny as a verb (transitive):

    To assert that something is not true.

    Examples:

    "I deny that I was at the party."

    "Everyone knows he committed the crime, but he still denies it."

  3. Deny as a verb (transitive):

    To disallow

  4. Deny as a verb (transitive):

    to refuse to give or grant something to someone

    Examples:

    "My father denied me a good education."

  5. Deny as a verb (sports, transitive):

    To prevent from scoring.

  6. Deny as a verb:

    To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, etc.; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.

  7. Deny as a verb (obsolete):

    To refuse (to do or accept something).

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