The phrase "acknowledges a difference" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing recognition or acceptance of a distinction or variation between two or more things.
Example: "The report acknowledges a difference in the performance metrics between the two teams."
Alternatives: "recognizes a distinction" or "accepts a variation."
In the US you have to be at least a Lance Corporal to receive similar treatment, and achieve the rank of Sergeant before your salary acknowledges a difference between six and ten years of service.
Elizabeth Abbott, author of A History of Celibacy, acknowledges a difference between asexuality and celibacy, and posits that there has always been an asexual element in the population but that asexual people kept a low profile.
Why did the Christian not acknowledge a difference of opinion and go elsewhere for his placard?
Re "When Will We Stop Saying 'First Woman to ----------'?" (Week in Review, April 9), about the naming of Katie Couric as the next anchor of the "CBS Evening News": There is this myth that equality under the law is tantamount to no longer acknowledging a difference between the sexes, to removing all gender boundaries, to the creation of coed bathrooms.
The severity of Israel's retaliation is unmatched by any previous government, Labour or Likud, and few Palestinians are now prepared to acknowledge a difference between the two Israeli parties.In this section Taking part Welcome mat Can Bibi foil Barak's bid to block him?
For example, most people would readily acknowledge a difference between having a house and being hospitable.
She clings to a comically outdated view of drugs, refusing to acknowledge a difference between pot and crack cocaine.
When dealing with gender distinctions, we, as female small-business owners, must remember that acknowledging a difference does not mean that we are accepting a handicap.
One of the most stark differences between my generation of professional CLEGers and my students (who are bright, hard-working, and – thanks to their Boomer forebears — heavily in debt) is that they don't acknowledge a difference between expertise and bias.
Mr. McLoughlin acknowledged a big difference between his road trip and others.
Mr McGregor insists that, with time, an equivalent British donor base of up to 1m is eminently achievable; others scoff at that.As they rush to emulate American methods, British party operatives acknowledge a fundamental difference.
