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Compliance vs Legitimacy - What's the difference?

compliance | legitimacy |

As nouns the difference between compliance and legitimacy

is that compliance is an act of complying while legitimacy is the quality of being legitimate or valid; validity.

compliance

English

Noun

  • An act of complying.
  • (uncountable) The state of being compliant.
  • (uncountable) The tendency of conforming with or agreeing to the wishes of others.
  • A measure of the extension or displacement of a loaded structure; its flexibility
  • (medicine) The accuracy with which a patient follows an agreed treatment plan
  • (uncountable, business) the department of a business that ensures all government regulations are complied with

    • Antonyms

    *(act of complying) violation

    legitimacy

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • the quality of being legitimate or valid; validity

    • Synonyms

    * legitimateness (much less common)