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Authorize vs Authorizer - What's the difference?

authorize | authorizer |

As a verb authorize

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

As a noun authorizer is

one who, or that which, authorizes.

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

    authorizer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who, or that which, authorizes.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=November 8, author=Sam Dillon, title=Ohio Goes After Charter Schools That Are Failing, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Ohio allows 70 groups, including universities, nonprofits and many unconventional agencies to be authorizers . }}