The difference between Assent and Stipulate

When used as verbs, assent means to agree, whereas stipulate means to require (something) as a condition of a contract or agreement.


Assent is also noun with the meaning: agreement.

Stipulate is also adjective with the meaning: having stipules.

check bellow for the other definitions of Assent and Stipulate

  1. Assent as a verb (intransitive):

    To agree; to give approval.

  2. Assent as a verb (intransitive):

    To admit a thing as true.

  1. Assent as a noun:

    agreement; act of agreeing

    Examples:

    "I will give this act my assent."

  1. Stipulate as a verb (transitive):

    To require (something) as a condition of a contract or agreement.

  2. Stipulate as a verb:

    To specify, promise or guarantee something in an agreement.

  3. Stipulate as a verb (transitive):

    To acknowledge the truth of; not to challenge.

  1. Stipulate as an adjective (botany):

    Having stipules; that is, having outgrowths borne on either side of the base of the leafstalk.