Commandment vs Permission - What's the difference?
commandment | permission |
Something that must be obeyed; a command or edict.
* Bible, John xiii. 34
The act of commanding; exercise of authority.
* Shakespeare
(legal) The offence of commanding or inducing another to violate the law.
authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority)
The act of permitting.
(computing) flags or access control lists pertaining to a file that dictate who can access it, and how.
As nouns the difference between commandment and permission
is that commandment is one of the ten commandments while permission is authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority).commandment
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Alternative forms
* commaundment (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another.
- And therefore put I on the countenance / Of stern commandment .
permission
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Noun
- Sire, do I have your permission to execute this traitor?
- I used the "chmod" command to change the file's permission .