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Authenticated vs Authorized - What's the difference?

authenticated | authorized |

As verbs the difference between authenticated and authorized

is that authenticated is past participle of lang=en while authorized is past tense of authorize.

As an adjective authorized is

explicitly allowed.

authenticated

English

Verb

(head)

    • authorized

    English

    Alternative forms

    * authorised

    Adjective

    (-)
  • allowed.

    • Antonyms

    * unauthorized

    Verb

    (head)
  • (authorize)