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Announcement vs Permission - What's the difference?

announcement | permission |

As nouns the difference between announcement and permission

is that announcement is an act of announcing, or giving notice while permission is authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority.

announcement

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An act of announcing, or giving notice.
    • ''He raised his hand to make his announcement and said "Excuse me everyone, I have an announcement to make."
  • That which conveys what is announced.
    • This announcement was made during the first training session.
  • The content which is announced.
    • The announcement implied that somebody needed a spare Toshiba charger.

    Synonyms

    * proclamation * publication

    References

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    permission

    English

    Noun

  • authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority)
    • Sire, do I have your permission to execute this traitor?
  • The act of permitting.
  • (computing) flags or access control lists pertaining to a file that dictate who can access it, and how.
    • I used the "chmod" command to change the file's permission .

    Antonyms

    * prohibition

    Derived terms

    * permissible * permissioning * permissive * planning permission

    Anagrams

    * impression