Granted vs Licensed - What's the difference?
granted | licensed | Related terms |
(grant)
Given, awarded.
.
(used to mark the premise of a syllogistic argument)
(of a person or enterprise) having been issued with a licence (by the required authority)
# (of a shop or restaurant) allowed to sell alcohol
(of an activity) authorized by licence
# (of a product) based on an existing piece of intellectual property and sold under licence.
(license)
Granted is a related term of licensed.
As verbs the difference between granted and licensed
is that granted is (grant) while licensed is (license).As an adverb granted
is .As a preposition granted
is (used to mark the premise of a syllogistic argument).As an adjective licensed is
(of a person or enterprise) having been issued with a licence (by the required authority).granted
English
Verb
(head)- He was granted a patent on his invention.
Adverb
(-)- He's a good student and usually does well. Granted , he did fail that one test, but I think there were good reasons for that.
- ''"You haven't been a very good father." "Granted ."
Preposition
(English prepositions)- Granted that he has done nothing wrong, he should be set free.
- Granted the lack of evidence, we can make no such conclusion.
Synonyms
* (used to mark the premise of an argument) givenSee also
* take for grantedAnagrams
*licensed
English
Adjective
(-)- Only licensed exterminators can purchase rat poison in this state.
- The opening hours of licensed premises are restricted to prevent all-night drinking.
- Even licensed fishing has a major effect on the fish population in the river.
- Although they sell well, licensed video games are seldom critically acclaimed.