What's the difference between allow and bestow?

Allow


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.
  • (v. t.) To like; to be suited or pleased with.
  • (v. t.) To sanction; to invest; to intrust.
  • (v. t.) To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have; as, to allow a servant his liberty; to allow a free passage; to allow one day for rest.
  • (v. t.) To own or acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion; as, to allow a right; to allow a claim; to allow the truth of a proposition.
  • (v. t.) To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; esp. to abate or deduct; as, to allow a sum for leakage.
  • (v. t.) To grant license to; to permit; to consent to; as, to allow a son to be absent.
  • (v. i.) To admit; to concede; to make allowance or abatement.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) To examine the central nervous system regulation of duodenal bicarbonate secretion, an animal model was developed that allowed cerebroventricular and intravenous injections as well as collection of duodenal perfusates in awake, freely moving rats.
  • (2) Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who is also seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, recently proposed a bill that would ease the financial burden of prescription drugs on elderly Americans by allowing Medicare, the national social health insurance program, to negotiate with the pharmaceutical companies to keep prices down.
  • (3) Finally the advanced automation of the equipment allowed weekly the evaluation of catecholamines and the whole range of their known metabolites in 36 urine samples.
  • (4) At the heart of the payday loan profit bonanza is the "continuous payment authority" (CPA) agreement, which allows lenders to access customer bank accounts to retrieve funds.
  • (5) A chronic cannulation procedure is described which allows for sampling vomeronasal organ (VNO) contents repeatedly in freely moving conscious subjects.
  • (6) In the measurement, enzyme-labeled and unlabeled antigens (Ag* and Ag) were allowed to compete in binding to the antibody (Ab) under conditions where Ag* much less than Ab much less than Ag.
  • (7) "At the same time, however, we cannot allow one man's untrue version of what happened to stand unchallenged," he said.
  • (8) The hprt T-cell cloning assay allows the detection of mutations occurring in vivo in the hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (hprt) gene of T-lymphocytes.
  • (9) The presently available data allow us to draw the following conclusions: 1) G proteins play a mediatory role in the transmission of the signal(s) generated upon receptor occupancy that leads to the observed cytoskeletal changes.
  • (10) Meanwhile, reductions in tax allowances on dividends for company shareholders from £5,000 down to £2,000 represent another dent to the incomes of many business owners.
  • (11) Sewel is also recorded complaining about the level of appearance allowances at the House of Lords .
  • (12) Human gingival fibroblasts were allowed to attach and spread on bio-glasses for 1-72 h. Unreactive silica glass and cell culture polystyrene served as controls.
  • (13) Writing in the Observer , Schmidt said his company's accounts were complicated but complied with international taxation treaties that allowed it to pay most of its tax in the United States.
  • (14) Madrid now hopes that a growing clamour for future rescues of Europe's banks to be done directly, without money going via governments, may still allow it to avoid accepting loans that would add to an already fast-growing national debt.
  • (15) This mobilization procedure allowed transfer and expression of pJT1 Ag+ resistance in E. coli C600.
  • (16) As increases to the Isa allowance are based on the CPI inflation figure for the year to the previous September, the new data suggests the current Isa limit of £15,240 will remain unchanged next year.
  • (17) This experimental system allows separation of three B lymphocyte developmental stages: early differentiation in vitro, progression to IgM secretion in vivo, and late differentiation dependent upon mature T lymphocytes in vivo.
  • (18) There is precedent in Islamic law for saving the life of the mother where there is a clear choice of allowing either the fetus or the mother to survive.
  • (19) Subthreshold concentrations of the drug to induce complete blockade (5 x 10(-8)M) allowed to observe a greater depression of bioelectric cell characteristics in primary than in transitional fibres.
  • (20) One hundred and ninety-nine children aged 7-14 and 177 adolescents in remission and minimal manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were examined before and after fangotherapy with allowance for activity of the process, age-related reactivity.

Bestow


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To lay up in store; to deposit for safe keeping; to stow; to place; to put.
  • (v. t.) To use; to apply; to devote, as time or strength in some occupation.
  • (v. t.) To expend, as money.
  • (v. t.) To give or confer; to impart; -- with on or upon.
  • (v. t.) To give in marriage.
  • (v. t.) To demean; to conduct; to behave; -- followed by a reflexive pronoun.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) On the other hand, the expectation that authority will be bestowed by market forces following a miraculous ‘‘transfer of wealth’’ does suggest an alternative route to normal democratic processes: theocracy via plutocracy.
  • (2) It’s one of the social benefits government bestows on the old, like free bus passes and the winter fuel allowance,” she added.
  • (3) The favours Icac found that Macdonald bestowed on his friend included inside knowledge of the granting of the mining tenement of Mount Penny and the expression-of-interest process for mining exploration licences in the area.
  • (4) Obama and Cameron's display of unity on Afghanistan came during a visit in which the US president pushed the boundaries of protocol, bestowing on Cameron a lavish state dinner at the White House and issuing his most enthusiastic endorsement yet of the "rock solid" Anglo-American special relationship.
  • (5) Recipes for " tomato burgers " (bestowing this fruit sandwich with the holy title of "burger" is an affront to cows everywhere), help on undergoing a " friendship divorce ", extortionate travel guides … Goop covers a lot of ground.
  • (6) That theory, however, is not supported by the evidence that is available to me.” Putin's disturbing message for the west: your rules don't apply Read more Though he concedes it is not in itself proof of agency, Owen notes that in the years since 2006, “the Russian state in general, and President Putin in particular”, have bestowed particular favour on Lugovoi, including giving him a medal for “services to the fatherland” while the inquiry was happening last year.
  • (7) West Ham United Accounts of WH Holding Ltd for the year to 31 May 2015 • Ownership David Sullivan 51.1%; David Gold 35.1%; CB Holding ehf 10% • Turnover 9th highest in League £121m , up from £115m in 2014 • Income Match income and football related £20m; Commercial £15m; Premier League & broadcasting £79m; Retail & merchandising £7m • Wage bill Joint 12th highest in League £73m , up from £64m in 2014 • Wages as proportion of turnover 60% • Profit before tax £3m , following £10m profit in 2014 • Net debt £67m • Interest payable £6m • Highest-paid director Unnamed, £646,000 (Karren Brady is the executive vice-chairman) State they are in: The figures for West Ham’s occupation of the £701m, 60,000-seat Olympic stadium , disclosed after dogged persistence by Freedom of Information campaigners supporting other clubs, have confirmed it as the greatest public money bonanza ever bestowed on a football club.
  • (8) While Andrew benefited from the privilege bestowed by a British royal title, Epstein’s ascent is a classic American success story.
  • (9) It's probably just a fire in one of the townships.” Following Torino, Seoul and Helsinki, Cape Town is the fourth city to be awarded the title of World Design Capital, an accolade bestowed by the Montreal-based International Council for Societies of Industrial Design , which charges a hefty fee to honour a different city with its logo each year.
  • (10) Donald Trump abandons press pool again as he plays golf at Florida club Read more Cinque runs the American Academy of Hospitality Sciences, a company whose primary action is to bestow Star Diamond awards, “the most prestigious award of true excellence in hospitality”, according to its website .
  • (11) The swanky Royal Harbour (a title bestowed on it by George IV in 1821) and marina (where you can get your fish and chips and ice-creams) is right next door and there are children's rides on the beach itself.
  • (12) On August 15, 1991, the Association of Medical Illustrators bestowed its highest honor, the Lifetime Achievement Award, on Ernest W. Beck.
  • (13) Astrologers posit that babies born under each sign are bestowed with unique personality traits – rat-year babies are cautious, dragon babies resilient, dog babies intelligent, and sheep babies are considered meek.
  • (14) After all, if you’re going to claim to be the best hockey country on Earth, shouldn’t that title be bestowed at Earth’s biggest sporting event?
  • (15) But let’s not convince ourselves the rest are credible – punishment sensibly bestowed on the scrounging unemployed.
  • (16) Malcolm Turnbull asks for investigation into minister Stuart Robert's China trip Read more A media release issued by China MinMetals Corporation said Robert had extended his congratulations “on behalf of the Australian Department of Defence” and had presented “a medal bestowed to him by Australian prime minister in honour of remembrance and blessing”.
  • (17) The first woman to be awarded the prestigious gong in her own right, the 64-year-old earned a place as one of the most sought-after architects in the world, having bestowed her trademark blobs on cityscapes from Baku to Guangzhou This article was amended on 25 September 2015.
  • (18) The company said the minister had presented Minmetals chairman Zhou Zhongshu “a medal bestowed to him by Australian prime minister in honor of remembrance and blessing” and also “awarded the letter of appointment” of an exploration technical committee.
  • (19) More than mere appreciation of corporeal attributes, ours is a reverence which perceptually bestows a halo effect of associated virtues.
  • (20) The scene is based on the account of Jesus' birth in the gospel of Matthew, though Matthew does not record a mishap whereby the magi accidentally bestow their gifts on Terry Jones in a dress.