The difference between Allowance and Tolerance

When used as nouns, allowance means permission, whereas tolerance means the ability to endure pain or hardship.


Allowance is also verb with the meaning: to put upon a fixed allowance (especially of provisions and drink).

check bellow for the other definitions of Allowance and Tolerance

  1. Allowance as a noun:

    permission; granting, conceding, or admitting

  2. Allowance as a noun:

    Acknowledgment.

  3. Allowance as a noun:

    That which is allowed; a share or portion allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose; a stated quantity

    Examples:

    "her meagre allowance of food or drink"

  4. Allowance as a noun:

    Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances

    Examples:

    "to make allowance for his naivety"

  5. Allowance as a noun (commerce):

    A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, different in different countries

    Examples:

    "[[tare Tare]] and [[tret]] are examples of allowance."

  6. Allowance as a noun:

    A child's allowance; pocket money.

    Examples:

    "She gives her daughters each an allowance of thirty dollars a month."

  7. Allowance as a noun (minting):

    A permissible deviation in the fineness and weight of coins, owing to the difficulty in securing exact conformity to the standard prescribed by law.

  8. Allowance as a noun (obsolete):

    approval; approbation

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Crabbe"

  9. Allowance as a noun (obsolete):

    license; indulgence

    Examples:

    "rfquotek John Locke"

  1. Allowance as a verb (transitive):

    To put upon a fixed allowance (especially of provisions and drink).

    Examples:

    "The captain was obliged to allowance his crew."

  2. Allowance as a verb (transitive):

    To supply in a fixed and limited quantity.

    Examples:

    "Our provisions were allowanced."

  1. Tolerance as a noun (uncountable, obsolete):

    The ability to endure pain or hardship; endurance.

  2. Tolerance as a noun (uncountable):

    The ability or practice of tolerating; an acceptance of or patience with the beliefs, opinions or practices of others; a lack of bigotry.

  3. Tolerance as a noun (uncountable):

    The ability of the body (or other organism) to resist the action of a poison, to cope with a dangerous drug or to survive infection by an organism.

  4. Tolerance as a noun (countable):

    The variation or deviation from a standard, especially the maximum permitted variation in an engineering measurement.

  5. Tolerance as a noun (uncountable):

    The ability of the body to accept a tissue graft without rejection.