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Approved vs Permitted - What's the difference?

approved | permitted |

As verbs the difference between approved and permitted

is that approved is (approve) while permitted is (permit).

As an adjective approved

is having received approval.

approved

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Having received approval.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (approve)

    • permitted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (permit)
  • *
    • They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups.