What is the difference between Ascent and Assent?
What is the difference between Ascent and Assent? :
Ascent :
( 1 ) Act of ascending
He was the first man to make an ascent in a balloon.
( 2 ) Upward path to slope
The last part of the ascent is very steep.
Assent : (verb)
( 1 ) To agree to a suggestion or an idea
The Director assented to the Board’s proposal.
We have to assent to what he says.
Assent : (noun)
( 1 ) Agreement to a suggestion or an idea
The committee is waiting for the Chairman’s assent.
Your assent is not required to marry your daughter.
