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Empowerment vs Embezzlement - What's the difference?

empowerment | embezzlement |

As nouns the difference between empowerment and embezzlement

is that empowerment is the granting of political, social or economic power to an individual or group while embezzlement is (legal|business) the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner.

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

    embezzlement

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (legal, business) The fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner.

    • Related terms

    * embezzle

    See also

    * forgery * fraud * larceny * quackery * usury