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Empower vs License - What's the difference?

empower | license | Synonyms |

As verbs the difference between empower and license

is that empower is to give permission, power, or the legal right to do something while license is the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization.

As a noun license is

a legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit.

empower

English

Alternative forms

* empowre (archaic) * impower (archaic) * impowre (obsolete)

Verb

(en verb)
  • To give permission, power, or the legal right to do something.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1985, author=William H. Tench, title=Safety is no accident
  • , passage=Regulations have been made under the Civil Aviation Acts of 1949, 1980 and 1982 which empower Inspectors of Accidents to do these things.}}
  • To give someone more confidence and/or strength to do something, often by enabling them to increase their control over their own life or situation.
  • It's not enough to give women and minorities equal rights on paper; they need to be empowered to be able to make use of these rights.
    John found that starting up his own business empowered him greatly in social situations.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1992, author=Nick Logan, title=The Face, page=11-130
  • , passage=Musically, what originally attracted me to dance was its shamanist aspects, using natural magic to change people's neurological states and to psychologically empower them.}}

    Synonyms

    * (give permission to) allow, let, permit * (give confidence to) inspire

    Antonyms

    * (give permission to) ban, bar, forbid, prohibit * (give confidence to) disempower, dishearten, disspirit

    Derived terms

    * empowerment

    license

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (UK) licence (noun)

    Noun

  • (label) A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit.
  • (label) The legal terms under which a person is allowed to use a product, especially software.
  • Even if you bought this product, it does NOT belong to you. You have a license to use it under the terms of this agreement, until you breach this agreement.
  • (label) Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech).
  • (label) Excessive freedom; lack of due restraint.
  • * 1936 , , The Story of Civilization , page 520:
  • When liberty becomes license dictatorship is near.
  • (label) An academic degree, the holder of which is called a licentiate, ranking slightly below doctorate, awarded by certain European and Latin-American universities.
  • Usage notes

    * In British English, Canadian English, Australian English, Irish English, and New Zealand English the noun is spelt licence'' and the verb is ''license . * The spelling licence is not used for either part of speech in the United States.

    Verb

    (licens)
  • The act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-22, volume=407, issue=8841, page=68, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= T time , passage=The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them, which is then licensed to related businesses in high-tax countries, is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies.}}
  • Authorize officially.
  • Derived terms

    * licensable * licensee * license plate * licenser * licensor

    Anagrams

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