Permission vs Consist - What's the difference?
permission | consist |
authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority)
The act of permitting.
(computing) flags or access control lists pertaining to a file that dictate who can access it, and how.
(obsolete) To exist, to be.
*, II.15:
*:Why doe they cover with so many lets, one over another, those parts where chiefly consisteth our pleasure and theirs?
To be comprised or contained (in).
To be composed, formed, or made up (of).
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, title= (rail transport) A lineup or sequence of railroad carriages or cars, with or without a locomotive, that form a unit.
As nouns the difference between permission and consist
is that permission is authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority while consist is a lineup or sequence of railroad carriages or cars, with or without a locomotive, that form a unit.As a verb consist is
to exist, to be.permission
English
Noun
- Sire, do I have your permission to execute this traitor?
- I used the "chmod" command to change the file's permission .
Antonyms
* prohibitionDerived terms
* permissible * permissioning * permissive * planning permissionAnagrams
* impressionconsist
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) consister, from (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)Lord Stranleigh Abroad, passage=The men resided in a huge bunk house, which consisted of one room only, with a shack outside where the cooking was done. In the large room were a dozen bunks?; half of them in a very dishevelled state,
Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli, passage=Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.}}
Synonyms
* (be composed of) compriseDerived terms
* consist inEtymology 2
From (consist) (verb).Noun
(en noun)- The train's consist included a baggage car, four passenger cars, and a diner.
