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Permitted vs Authorized - What's the difference?

permitted | authorized |

As verbs the difference between permitted and authorized

is that permitted is past tense of permit while authorized is past tense of authorize.

As an adjective authorized is

explicitly allowed.

permitted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (permit)
  • *
  • They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups.

    authorized

    English

    Alternative forms

    * authorised

    Adjective

    (-)
  • allowed.
  • Antonyms

    * unauthorized

    Verb

    (head)
  • (authorize)