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Misery vs Permission - What's the difference?

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Misery is a related term of permission.


As nouns the difference between misery and permission

is that misery is great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe while permission is authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority).

misery

English

Noun

(miseries)
  • Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.
    • Ever since his wife left him you can see the misery on his face .
  • Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune.
  • (Extreme) poverty.
  • Greed; avarice.

    • Synonyms

    * see

    Derived terms

    * put out of one's misery

    Related terms

    * commiserate * miser * miserable

    permission

    English

    Noun

  • authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority)
    • Sire, do I have your permission to execute this traitor?
  • The act of permitting.
  • (computing) flags or access control lists pertaining to a file that dictate who can access it, and how.
    • I used the "chmod" command to change the file's permission .

    Antonyms

    * prohibition

    Derived terms

    * permissible * permissioning * permissive * planning permission

    Anagrams

    * impression