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Empowerment vs Authorization - What's the difference?

empowerment | authorization |

As nouns the difference between empowerment and authorization

is that empowerment is the granting of political, social or economic power to an individual or group while authorization is permission.

empowerment

English

(wikipedia empowerment)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The granting of political, social or economic power to an individual or group.
  • The process of supporting another person or persons to discover and claim personal power.
  • The state of being empowered (either generally, or specifically).
  • (South Africa) Government programs encouraging advancement of blacks.

    • Derived terms

    * youth empowerment * (South Africa) black economic empowerment

    authorization

    English

    Alternative forms

    * authorisation

    Noun

    (wikipedia authorization)
  • (uncountable) Permission.
    • I've ''got'' authorization . Call the office and you'll see.
  • (countable) An act of authorizing.
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  • (countable) (A document giving) formal sanction, permission or warrant.
    • Can I see your authorization ?
  • (government) Permission, possibly limited, to spend funds for a specific budgetary purpose.
    • We've had the authorization for years, but we've never gotten an appropriation.

    Holonyms

    * (permission) access control * (an act of authorizing) access control * (government) budgeting

    Related terms

    * author * authority * unauthorized

    References

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