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Authorized vs Delegated - What's the difference?

authorized | delegated |

As verbs the difference between authorized and delegated

is that authorized is past tense of authorize while delegated is past tense of delegate.

As an adjective authorized

is explicitly allowed.

authorized

English

Alternative forms

* authorised

Adjective

(-)
  • allowed.

    • Antonyms

    * unauthorized

    Verb

    (head)
  • (authorize)

    • delegated

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (delegate)

    • delegate

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy
  • a representative at a conference, etc.
  • (US) an appointed representative in some legislative bodies
  • (computing) a type of variable storing a reference to a method with a particular signature, analogous to a function pointer

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Verb

    (delegat)
  • to authorize someone to be a delegate
  • to commit a task to someone, especially a subordinate
  • (computing, Internet) (of a subdomain) to give away authority over a subdomain; to allow someone else to create sub-subdomains of a subdomain of yours