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Authorize vs Permiss - What's the difference?

authorize | permiss |

As a verb authorize

is to grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something).

As a noun permiss is

a choice which has been permitted.

authorize

English

Alternative forms

* authorise (British) * authourise (rare) * authourize (rare)

Verb

(authoriz)
  • To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something).
    • The General Assembly authorized the Council to take up the matter.
  • To permit (something), to sanction or consent to (something).
    • The judge authorized the wiretapping.

    Derived terms

    * deauthorize, deauthorise * authorization, authorisation * unauthorized, unauthorised

    permiss

    English

    Noun

    (permisses)
  • A choice which has been permitted.
  • A rhetorical device in which a thing is predicated on the decision of one's opponent.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "permiss")

    Related terms

    * permission * permissive

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