Emit vs. Admit: What's the Difference?

Emit and Admit Definitions
Emit
To give or send out (matter or energy)
Isotopes that emit radioactive particles.
A stove emitting heat.
Admit
To grant to be real, valid, or true; acknowledge or concede
Even proponents of the technology admit that it doesn't always work as well as it should.
Emit
To give out as sound; utter
"She emitted her small strange laugh" (Edith Wharton).
Admit
To disclose or confess (guilt or an error, for example).
Emit
To voice; express
Emit an idea.
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Admit
To afford opportunity for; permit
We must admit no delay in the proceedings.
Emit
To issue with authority, especially to put (currency) into circulation.
Admit
To allow to enter
A crack in the wall that admitted some light.
Emit
(transitive) To send out or give off.
Admit
To grant the right to enter
This ticket admits two to the performance of the play.
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Admit
To accept into an organization or group
The college admits fine arts students.
Emit
(intransitive) To come out, to be sent out or given off.
Admit
To accept (someone) as an inpatient in a hospital.
Emit
To send forth; to throw or give out; to cause to issue; to give vent to; to eject; to discharge; as, fire emits heat and smoke; boiling water emits steam; the sun emits light.
Lest, wrathful, the far-shooting god emitHis fatal arrows.
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Admit
To accept into evidence as relevant and otherwise admissible
The judge admitted the testimony of the expert.
Emit
To issue forth, as an order or decree; to print and send into circulation, as notes or bills of credit.
No State shall . . . emit bills of credit.
Admit
To afford possibility
A problem that admits of no solution.
Emit
Expel (gases or odors)
Admit
To allow entrance; afford access
A door admitting to the hall.
Emit
Give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.;
The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits
Admit
To make acknowledgment; confess
Admitted to committing the crime.
Admitted to a weakness for sweets.
Emit
Express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words);
She let out a big heavy sigh
He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand
Admit
One who is admitted.
Admit
(transitive) To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration
A ticket admits one into a playhouse.
They were admitted into his house.
To admit a serious thought into the mind
To admit evidence in the trial of a cause
Admit
(transitive) To allow (someone) to enter a profession or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise.
To admit an attorney to practice law
The prisoner was admitted to bail
Admit
(transitive) To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny
The argument or fact is admitted
He admitted his guilt
She admitted taking drugs / she admitted to taking drugs
Admit
(transitive) To be capable of; to permit. In this sense, "of" may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.
The words do not admit such a construction.
Admit
(intransitive) To give warrant or allowance, to grant opportunity or permission (+ of).
Circumstances do not admit of this
The text does not admit of this interpretation
Admit
(transitive) To allow to enter a hospital or similar facility for treatment.
Admit
To suffer to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to take; as, they were into his house; to admit a serious thought into the mind; to admit evidence in the trial of a cause.
Admit
To give a right of entrance; as, a ticket admits one into a playhouse.
Admit
To allow (one) to enter on an office or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise; as, to admit an attorney to practice law; the prisoner was admitted to bail.
Admit
To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny; to own or confess; as, the argument or fact is admitted; he admitted his guilt.
Admit
To be capable of; to permit; as, the words do not admit such a construction. In this sense, of may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.
Both Houses declared that they could admit of no treaty with the king.
Admit
Declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of;
He admitted his errors
She acknowledged that she might have forgotten
Admit
Allow to enter; grant entry to;
We cannot admit non-members into our club
Admit
Allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of;
Admit someone to the profession
She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar
Admit
Admit into a group or community;
Accept students for graduate study
We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member
Admit
Afford possibility;
This problem admits of no solution
This short story allows of several different interpretations
Admit
Give access or entrance to;
The French doors admit onto the yard
Admit
Have room for; hold without crowding;
This hotel can accommodate 250 guests
The theater admits 300 people
The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people
Admit
Serve as a means of entrance;
This ticket will admit one adult to the show