Authorize vs Mandate - What's the difference?
authorize | mandate |
To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something).
To permit (something), to sanction or consent to (something).
An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept.
to authorize
to make mandatory
As verbs the difference between authorize and mandate
is that authorize is to grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something) while mandate is to authorize.As a noun mandate is
an official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept.authorize
English
Alternative forms
* authorise (British) * authourise (rare) * authourize (rare)Verb
(authoriz)- The General Assembly authorized the Council to take up the matter.
- The judge authorized the wiretapping.