Except and Accept
English is a very special language. Every word is situation bound. One word will have different meanings in different scenarios. A small spelling change might change the meaning.
preposition conjunction Idioms
Except
1.
with the exclusion of; excluding; save; but:
They were all there except me.
2.
only; with the exception (usually followed by that):
parallel cases except that one is younger than the other.
3.
otherwise than; but (followed by an adv., phrase, or clause):
well fortified except here.
4.
Archaic. unless.
5.
except for, if it were not for:
verb (used with object) verb (used without object)
She would travel more except for lack of money.
Accept
1.
to take or receive (something offered); receive with approval or favor:
to accept a present; to accept a proposal.
2.
to agree or consent to; accede to:
to accept a treaty; to accept an apology.
3.
to respond or answer affirmatively to:
to accept an invitation.
4.
to undertake the responsibility, duties, honors, etc., of:
to accept the office of president.
5.
to receive or admit formally, as to a college or club.
6.
to accommodate or reconcile oneself to:
to accept the situation.
7.
to regard as true or sound; believe:
to accept a claim; to accept Catholicism.
8.
to regard as normal, suitable, or usual.
9.
to receive as to meaning; understand.
10.
Commerce. to acknowledge, by signature, as calling for payment, and thus to agree to pay, as a draft.
11.
(in a deliberative body) to receive as an adequate performance of the duty with which an officer or a committee has been charged; receive for further action:
The report of the committee was accepted.
12.
to receive or contain (something attached, inserted, etc.):
This socket won't accept a three-pronged plug.
13.
to receive (a transplanted organ or tissue) without adverse reaction.
Compare reject (def 7).
14.
to accept an invitation, gift, position, etc. (sometimes followed by of).
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