Agree vs. Acknowledge: What's the Difference?

To share an opinion or feeling; be in accord

To admit the existence or truth of

To express consent; concur

To express recognition of; make notice of

To accept or support a policy or program

To express gratitude or appreciation for or to

To come to an understanding or agreement, as by negotiating

To report the receipt of (something) to the sender or giver

To be compatible or consistent

(Law) To accept or certify as legally binding

To be suitable, appropriate, pleasing, or healthful

(transitive) To admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in

(Grammar) To correspond in gender, number, case, or person.

(transitive) To own or recognize in a particular quality, character or relationship; to admit the claims or authority of; to give recognition to.

To share an opinion about (something)

(transitive) To be grateful of (e.g. a benefit or a favour)

To grant or concede

(transitive) To report (the receipt of a message to its sender).

(intransitive) To be in harmony about an opinion, statement, or action; to have a consistent idea between two or more people.

(transitive) To own as genuine or valid; to assent to (a legal instrument) to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form.

To give assent; to accede

To own or admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in; as, to acknowledge the being of a God.

To yield assent to; to approve.

To own or recognize in a particular character or relationship; to admit the claims or authority of; to give recognition to.

(intransitive) To make a stipulation by way of settling differences or determining a price; to exchange promises; to come to terms or to a common resolve; to promise.

To own with gratitude or as a benefit or an obligation; as, to acknowledge a favor, the receipt of a letter.

(intransitive) To resemble; to coincide; to correspond.

To own as genuine; to assent to, as a legal instrument, to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form; as, to acknowledge a deed.

To suit or be adapted in its effects; to do well.

Declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of;

To correspond to (another word) in a grammatical category, such as gender, number, case, or person.

Report the receipt of;

To consent to a contract or to an element of a contract.

Express recognition of the presence or existence of, or acquaintance with;

To harmonize in opinion, statement, or action; to be in unison or concord; to be or become united or consistent; to concur; as, all parties agree in the expediency of the law.

Express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for;

To yield assent; to accede; - followed by to; as, to agree to an offer, or to opinion.

Accept as legally binding and valid;

To make a stipulation by way of settling differences or determining a price; to exchange promises; to come to terms or to a common resolve; to promise.

Accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority;

To be conformable; to resemble; to coincide; to correspond; as, the picture does not agree with the original; the two scales agree exactly.

To suit or be adapted in its effects; to do well; as, the same food does not agree with every constitution.

To correspond in gender, number, case, or person.

To make harmonious; to reconcile or make friends.

To admit, or come to one mind concerning; to settle; to arrange; as, to agree the fact; to agree differences.

Be in accord; be in agreement;

Consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something;

Be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics;

Go together;

Show grammatical agreement;

Be agreeable or suitable;

Achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose;